Heap-based buffer overflow in mscomct2.ocx (aka Windows Common ActiveX control or Microsoft Animation ActiveX control) in Microsoft Visual Basic 6.0, Visual Studio .NET 2002 SP1 and 2003 SP1, Visual FoxPro 8.0 SP1 and 9.0 SP1 and SP2, and Office Project 2003 SP3 and 2007 Gold and SP1 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via an AVI file with a crafted stream length, which triggers an "allocation error" and memory corruption, aka "Windows Common AVI Parsing Overflow Vulnerability."
Published Dec 10, 2008
9.3
HIGHCVSS 2.0
EPSS 53.70%
Description
Heap-based buffer overflow in mscomct2.ocx (aka Windows Common ActiveX control or Microsoft Animation ActiveX control) in Microsoft Visual Basic 6.0, Visual Studio .NET 2002 SP1 and 2003 SP1, Visual FoxPro 8.0 SP1 and 9.0 SP1 and SP2, and Office Project 2003 SP3 and 2007 Gold and SP1 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via an AVI file with a crafted stream length, which triggers an "allocation error" and memory corruption, aka "Windows Common AVI Parsing Overflow Vulnerability."
Affected products
No data.
- 2002
- 2003
- 2007
- 2007
- 6.0
- 8.0
- 9.0
- 9.0
- 2002
- 2003
No data.
No Red Hat product state for this CVE.
No package ranges for this CVE.
Remediation
No remediation recorded yet.
Metrics
No CVSS v4.0 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.1 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.0 score for this CVE.
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
This CVE is not in the KEV list.
No CISA SSVC assessment for this CVE yet.
Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 1, 2026.
Score over time
2022–2026- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Percentile over time
- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Table of values (18 key points)
Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.
| Date | Score | Percentile | Model |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 1, 2026 | 53.70% (0.53703) | 98.97th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 53.70% (0.53703) | 98.86th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Sep 29, 2025 | 65.73% (0.65731) | 98.46th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 30, 2025 | 53.44% (0.53439) | 97.75th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 29, 2025 | 58.53% (0.58534) | 97.42th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 17, 2025 | 53.44% (0.53439) | 97.72th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Dec 17, 2024 | 94.12% (0.94119) | 99.38th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Jun 20, 2024 | 96.62% (0.96622) | 99.63th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| May 15, 2024 | 96.75% (0.96751) | 99.66th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 5, 2024 | 96.78% (0.96783) | 99.65th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Jan 30, 2024 | 96.46% (0.96464) | 99.49th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Dec 24, 2023 | 96.78% (0.96783) | 99.60th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Nov 17, 2023 | 96.62% (0.96616) | 99.52th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Oct 10, 2023 | 96.66% (0.96660) | 99.50th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 15, 2023 | 96.71% (0.96714) | 99.38th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 96.67% (0.96668) | 99.35th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 6, 2023 | 72.65% (0.72651) | 99.26th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 4, 2022 | 72.65% (0.72651) | 99.10th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
References (10)
- http://downloads.securityfocus.com/vulnerabilities/exploits/32613.pl x_refsource_MISCExploit
- http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2008-473.htm x_refsource_CONFIRM
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/499061/100/0/threaded mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQ
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/32613 vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDPatch
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1021369 vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACK
- http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA08-344A.html third-party-advisoryx_refsource_CERTUS Government Resource
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/3382 vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENVendor Advisory
- http://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-08-083 x_refsource_MISC
- https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2008/ms08-070 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MS
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A6032 vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVAL
| Link | Providers | Tags |
|---|---|---|
| http://downloads.securityfocus.com/vulnerabilities/exploits/32613.pl | x_refsource_MISCExploit | |
| http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2008-473.htm | x_refsource_CONFIRM | |
| http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/499061/100/0/threaded | mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQ | |
| http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/32613 | vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDPatch | |
| http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1021369 | vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACK | |
| http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA08-344A.html | third-party-advisoryx_refsource_CERTUS Government Resource | |
| http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/3382 | vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENVendor Advisory | |
| http://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-08-083 | x_refsource_MISC | |
| https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2008/ms08-070 | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MS | |
| https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A6032 | vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVAL |
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