CVE-2008-3704

critical Microsoft
CVSS v3 Base Score
9.3
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
EPSS Score
87.5%
Exploitation probability in 30 days
Top 1% most likely to be exploited
Attack Characteristics
Attack Vector
Network
Attack Complexity
M
Confidentiality
C
Integrity
C
Availability
C
Published: August 18, 2008 (6478 days ago)
Last Modified: April 23, 2026
Vendor: Microsoft
Source: NVD

Description

Heap-based buffer overflow in the MaskedEdit ActiveX control in Msmask32.ocx 6.0.81.69, and possibly other versions before 6.0.84.18, in Microsoft Visual Studio 6.0, Visual Basic 6.0, Visual Studio .NET 2002 SP1 and 2003 SP1, and Visual FoxPro 8.0 SP1 and 9.0 SP1 and SP2 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a long Mask parameter, related to not "validating property values with boundary checks," as exploited in the wild in August 2008, aka "Masked Edit Control Memory Corruption Vulnerability."

CWE

CWE-119

Affected Products

microsoft visual basicmicrosoft visual foxpromicrosoft visual studiomicrosoft visual studio .net

References

🔗 secunia.com 🔗 support.avaya.com 🔗 www.securityfocus.com 🔗 www.securitytracker.com 🔗 www.us-cert.gov