CVE-2008-4922
Buffer overflow in the DjVu ActiveX Control 3.0 for Microsoft Office (DjVu_ActiveX_MSOffice.dll) allows remote attackers to execute…
- 9.3HighCVSS base score
- 32.7%Exploitation in 30 daysEPSS · top 1.6% of all CVEs
- NoKnown exploitednot in CISA's KEV catalog
- 3Public exploitsMetasploit, Nuclei and Exploit-DB
Description
Buffer overflow in the DjVu ActiveX Control 3.0 for Microsoft Office (DjVu_ActiveX_MSOffice.dll) allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a long (1) ImageURL property, and possibly the (2) Mode, (3) Page, or (4) Zoom properties.
Public exploit
An exploit or proof of concept is public: anyone can try it against an unpatched system. The public collections list a Metasploit module and 2 Exploit-DB entries for it. A reference of the record is tagged as an exploit.
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Metasploit modules1 module
- DjVu DjVu_ActiveX_MSOffice.dll ActiveX ComponentBuffer Overflow (Metasploit module) (opens in a new tab)
exploit/windows/fileformat/djvu_imageurlRank lowdisclosed 30 Oct 2008
Exploit-DB2 entries
- DjVu - 'DjVu_ActiveX_MSOffice.dll' ActiveX Component Buffer Overflow (Metasploit) (Exploit-DB entry) (opens in a new tab)
EDB-ID 16638remote, windowspublished 25 Sept 2010Verified
- DjVu - ActiveX Control 3.0 ImageURL Property Overflow (Exploit-DB entry) (opens in a new tab)
EDB-ID 6878remote, windowspublished 30 Oct 2008Verified
References tagged exploit1 reference
- 6878 (opens in a new tab)exploitx_refsource_EXPLOIT-DBx_transferred
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Published
- 16 years later
· 16 years later
Record updated
Changes after publication (a new score, a public exploit, EPSS crossing 1, 10 or 50 %, leaving KEV) are kept since November 2026; earlier ones are not known.
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)
- 32.7% · top 1.6% of all CVEs (9 Nov 2026)
The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 9.3.
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References
5
- 6878 (opens in a new tab)exploitx_refsource_EXPLOIT-DBx_transferred
- 31987 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- 4560 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SREASONx_transferred
- djvu-msoffice-activex-bo(46214) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
- ADV-2008-2956 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- EUVD EUVD-2008-4901 (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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