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Fencer Vulns
critical 9.3

CVE-2008-1472 in the critical feed json

Stack-based buffer overflow in the ListCtrl ActiveX Control (ListCtrl.ocx), as used in multiple CA products including BrightStor ARCserve B…

published 2008-03-24 18 y ago modified 2026-06-16 4 mo ago also EUVD-2008-1476

cvss
9.3
version 2.0, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
40.3%
EPSS 40.3% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 98%
public exploits
3
Metasploit, Exploit-DB

Summary

Stack-based buffer overflow in the ListCtrl ActiveX Control (ListCtrl.ocx), as used in multiple CA products including BrightStor ARCserve Backup R11.5, Desktop Management Suite r11.1 through r11.2, and Unicenter products r11.1 through r11.2, allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (crash) via a long argument to the AddColumn method.

Timeline

  1. First public exploit (Metasploit exploit/windows/browser/ca_brightstor_addcolumn)
  2. Published

Exploit prediction

40.28% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 98% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

Exploits and checks

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 2.0 9.3 AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-119 Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer

References

Sources

Fencer Vulns keeps one entry per vulnerability: the CVE id wins, then GHSA, and records that alias each other are merged, except that two CVEs always keep separate entries. The same data is available as JSON.