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TI-2008-04074 Aliases CVE-2008-4253GHSA-xqjc-xc2g-945f

The FlexGrid ActiveX control in Microsoft Visual Basic 6.0, Visual FoxPro 8.0 SP1 and 9.0…

Priority MEDIUM 56CWE-399Published · Updated

Key facts

Attack vector
Network
Privileges required
Low
User interaction
— Not recorded in CVSS 2.0
Attack complexity
Medium
Impact type
Code execution
Confidentiality · integrity · availability
Complete · Complete · Complete
Fix status
No fix listed

Attack profile from CVSS 2.0 · NVD. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-399 and the CVSS impact.

Summary

The FlexGrid ActiveX control in Microsoft Visual Basic 6.0, Visual FoxPro 8.0 SP1 and 9.0 SP1 and SP2, Office FrontPage 2002 SP3, and Office Project 2003 SP3 does not properly handle errors during access to incorrectly initialized objects, which allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted HTML document, related to corruption of the "system state," aka "FlexGrid Control Memory Corruption Vulnerability."

Why it matters now

EPSS 0.20976 97th percentileScored 2026-11-07
Fix No fix listed No fixed version in the sources yet

SSVC decision points

Not available: CISA has not published SSVC decision points for this record.

Affected products

VendorProductAffected versionsFixed inStatusSource
——all versions—No fix listedCNA
  • — Vendor— Affected all versions Fixed in — No fix listed CNA

CPE configurations NVD · 10

CPEVersionsRoleVendor
cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:office_frontpage:2002:sp3:*:*:*:*:*:*2002 sp3VulnerableMicrosoft
cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:project:2003:sp3:*:*:*:*:*:*2003 sp3VulnerableMicrosoft
cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:project:2007:*:*:*:*:*:*:*2007VulnerableMicrosoft
cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:project:2007:sp1:*:*:*:*:*:*2007 sp1VulnerableMicrosoft
cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:visual_basic:6.0:*:runtime_extended_files:*:*:*:*:*6.0VulnerableMicrosoft
cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:visual_foxpro:8.0:sp1:*:*:*:*:*:*8.0 sp1VulnerableMicrosoft
cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:visual_foxpro:9.0:sp1:*:*:*:*:*:*9.0 sp1VulnerableMicrosoft
cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:visual_foxpro:9.0:sp2:*:*:*:*:*:*9.0 sp2VulnerableMicrosoft
cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:visual_studio_.net:2002:sp1:*:*:*:*:*:*2002 sp1VulnerableMicrosoft
cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:visual_studio_.net:2003:sp1:*:*:*:*:*:*2003 sp1VulnerableMicrosoft
  • cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:office_frontpage:2002:sp3:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 2002 sp3 Vulnerable ·Microsoft
  • cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:project:2003:sp3:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 2003 sp3 Vulnerable ·Microsoft
  • cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:project:2007:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 2007 Vulnerable ·Microsoft
  • cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:project:2007:sp1:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 2007 sp1 Vulnerable ·Microsoft
  • cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:visual_basic:6.0:*:runtime_extended_files:*:*:*:*:* Versions 6.0 Vulnerable ·Microsoft
  • cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:visual_foxpro:8.0:sp1:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 8.0 sp1 Vulnerable ·Microsoft
  • cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:visual_foxpro:9.0:sp1:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 9.0 sp1 Vulnerable ·Microsoft
  • cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:visual_foxpro:9.0:sp2:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 9.0 sp2 Vulnerable ·Microsoft
  • cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:visual_studio_.net:2002:sp1:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 2002 sp1 Vulnerable ·Microsoft
  • cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:visual_studio_.net:2003:sp1:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 2003 sp1 Vulnerable ·Microsoft

Remediation

No fixed version listed by the sources yet.

Timeline

  1. 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2008-4253
  2. 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-xqjc-xc2g-945f

References

Advisory 2

Other 3

  • TI-2008-04076 Heap-based buffer overflow in mscomct2.ocx (aka Windows Common ActiveX control or… CVSS 2.0HIGH 9.3
  • TI-2008-04075 Multiple integer overflows in the Hierarchical FlexGrid ActiveX control (mshflxgd.ocx) in… CVSS 2.0HIGH 8.5
  • TI-2008-04077 The Charts ActiveX control in Microsoft Visual Basic 6.0, Visual Studio .NET 2002 SP1 and… CVSS 2.0HIGH 8.5
  • TI-2008-04073 The DataGrid ActiveX control in Microsoft Visual Basic 6.0 and Visual FoxPro 8.0 SP1 and… CVSS 2.0HIGH 8.5

Sources

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