Windows Common AVI Parsing Overflow Vulnerability

Publish date: February 15, 2011
  Severity: HIGH
  CVE Identifier: CVE-2008-4255,MS08-070
  Advisory Date: FEB 15, 2011

  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."

  TREND MICRO PROTECTION INFORMATION

Trend Micro Deep Security shields networks through Deep Packet Inspection (DPI) rules. Trend Micro customers using OfficeScan with Intrusion Defense Firewall (IDF) plugin are also protected from attacks using these vulnerabilities. Please refer to the filter number and filter name when applying appropriate DPI and/or IDF rules.

  SOLUTION

  Trend Micro Deep Security DPI Rule Number: 1003123
  Trend Micro Deep Security DPI Rule Name: 1003123 - Windows Common AVI Parsing Overflow

  AFFECTED SOFTWARE AND VERSION

  • microsoft office_frontpage 2002
  • microsoft project 2003
  • microsoft project 2007
  • microsoft visual_basic 6.0
  • microsoft visual_foxpro 8.0
  • microsoft visual_foxpro 9.0
  • microsoft visual_studio_.net 2002
  • microsoft visual_studio_.net 2003

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