CVE-2008-2959

CriticalCVSS 9.3/10Last modified Jun 16, 2026

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.

Metrics

CVSS 2.0 9.3/10AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Weakness enumeration

CWE-119

Affected software

No affected versions have been published.

Timeline

Published
Jul 2, 2008
Last modified
Jun 16, 2026
NVD status
Modified

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CVE-2008-2959: Critical severity, CVSS 9.3 | Vulnix