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CVE-2008-4110 (GCVE-0-2008-4110)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2008-09-16 22:00 – Updated: 2024-08-07 10:00
VLAI
Summary
Buffer overflow in the SQLVDIRLib.SQLVDirControl ActiveX control in Tools\Binn\sqlvdir.dll in Microsoft SQL Server 2000 (aka SQL Server 8.0) allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (browser crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code via a long URL in the second argument to the Connect method. NOTE: this issue is not a vulnerability in many environments, since the control is not marked as safe for scripting and would not execute with default Internet Explorer settings.
Severity
No CVSS data available.
CWE
  • n/a
Assigner
References
URL Tags
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/496232/100… mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQ
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilit… vdb-entryx_refsource_XF
http://securityreason.com/securityalert/4262 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SREASON
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/31129 vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
Date Public
2008-09-11 00:00
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