CVE-2008-4254
Multiple integer overflows in the Hierarchical FlexGrid ActiveX control (mshflxgd.ocx) in Microsoft Visual Basic 6.0 and Visual FoxPro 8.0 SP1 and 9.0 SP1 and SP2 allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via crafted (1) Rows and (2) Cols properties to the (a) ExpandAll and (b) CollapseAll methods, related to access of incorrectly initialized objects and corruption of the "system state," aka "Hierarchical FlexGrid Control Memory Corruption Vulnerability."
Key facts
- CVSS score
- 8.5 (v2.0)
- Severity
- HIGH
- CVSS vector
AV:N/AC:M/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C- Weakness (CWE)
- CWE-189
- EPSS score
- 22.1% (98th percentile)
- In CISA KEV
- No
- In EU EUVD
- Yes (EUVD-2008-4237)
- Published
- December 10, 2008
- NVD last modified
- June 16, 2026
- Status
- Modified
EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)
This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2008-4237 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 7, 2024.
View on the EU Vulnerability DatabaseAffected products
- microsoft / office frontpage
- microsoft / project
- microsoft / project
- microsoft / project
- microsoft / visual basic
- microsoft / visual foxpro
- microsoft / visual foxpro
- microsoft / visual foxpro
- microsoft / visual studio .net
- microsoft / visual studio .net
References
- http://secunia.com/secunia_research/2007-72/(Vendor Advisory)
- http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2008-473.htm
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/499059/100/0/threaded
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1021369
- http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA08-344A.html(US Government Resource)
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/3382(Vendor Advisory)
- https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2008/ms08-070
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A5805
Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS
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