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CVE-2008-3704

• Severity: critical (CVSS 9.3 v2.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 55.9% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: yes
• Published: 2008-08-18 · updated 2026-06-16
• Weakness: CWE-119

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."

Affected products

• Microsoft Visual Basic: 6.0
• Microsoft Visual Foxpro: 8.0-sp1, 9.0-sp1, 9.0-sp2
• Microsoft Visual Studio: 6.0
• Microsoft Visual Studio .Net: 2002-sp1, 2003-sp1

References

• http://secunia.com/advisories/31498
• http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2008-473.htm
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/30674
• http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1020710
• http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA08-344A.html
• http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/2380
• http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/3382
• https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2008/ms08-070
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/44444
• https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A5794
• https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/6244
• https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/6317

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