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Vulnerability record · CVE-2008-4253 · published 10 December 2008

CVE-2008-4253: Microsoft office frontpage vulnerability

Microsoft · Office Frontpage

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."

8.5 CVSS 2.0 High EPSS 21% · top 2.5% CWE-399 · CWE-399
8.5CVSS 2.0 base score
21%EPSS exploitation probability, 30 days
NoNot in CISA KEV
5Affected product versions listed by NVD
14References
16 Jun 2026Last modified by NVD

Description

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."

AV:N/AC:M/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C

Affected products

5 vulnerable configurations from NVD's CPE data, grouped by vendor and product.

References

LinkTags
http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2008-473.htm
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/32592
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
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2008/ms08-070
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A5994
http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2008-473.htm
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/32592
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
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2008/ms08-070
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A5994

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Source: NIST National Vulnerability Database (record CVE-2008-4253), CISA KEV, FIRST EPSS (scores of 2026-09-26). This page is refreshed as NVD updates the record.