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CVE-2008-2959
Buffer overflow in a certain ActiveX control (vb6skit.dll) in Microsoft Visual Basic Enterprise Edition 6.0 SP6 might allow remote…
High9.3EPSS 24.8%
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- mitre
Description
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.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | High9.3 | AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 24.8% · top 2.1% of all CVEs (4 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 9.3.
Weakness
Affected products
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- affected n/a
References (3)
- 5851 (opens in a new tab)exploitx_refsource_EXPLOIT-DBx_transferred
- 29792 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- visualbasic-vb6skit-bo(43180) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
Sources
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