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CVE-2008-2959

CRITICAL CVSS: 9.3 Published: 2008-07-02 Modified: 2026-06-16

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.

Affected Platforms

Microsoft Visual Basic Enterprise Edition

Weakness Type

CWE-119

References