Is CVE-2008-2959 being actively exploited?

CVE-2008-2959 is not currently listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog.

What is the CVSS score for CVE-2008-2959?

CVE-2008-2959 has a CVSS 2.0 base score of 9.3 (HIGH).

CVE-2008-2959

HIGH · CVSS 9.3EPSS 24.8%EU EUVD

Buffer overflow in a certain ActiveX control (vb6skit.dll) in Microsoft Visual Basic Enterprise Edition 6.0 SP6 might allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a long lpstrLinkPath argument to the fCreateShellLink function.

Key facts

CVSS score: 9.3 (v2.0)
Severity: HIGH
CVSS vector: AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
Weakness (CWE): CWE-119
EPSS score: 24.8% (98th percentile)
In CISA KEV: No
In EU EUVD: Yes (EUVD-2008-2949)
Published: July 2, 2008
NVD last modified: June 16, 2026
Status: Modified

EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)

This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2008-2949 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 7, 2024.

View on the EU Vulnerability Database

Affected products

microsoft / visual basic enterprise edition

References

Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS

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