CVE-2006-2492
- State
- Published
- Severity
- 8.8 High
- Published
- May 20, 2006
- Updated
- Oct 22, 2025
- Reserved
- May 19, 2006
Description
Buffer overflow in Microsoft Word in Office 2000 SP3, Office XP SP3, Office 2003 Sp1 and SP2, and Microsoft Works Suites through 2006, allows user-assisted attackers to execute arbitrary code via a malformed object pointer, as originally reported by ISC on 20060519 for a zero-day attack.
Scores
| CVSS | Score | Vector | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3.1 | 8.8 High | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H | CISA-ADP |
Weaknesses
- CWE-120 Buffer Copy without Checking Size of Input ('Classic Buffer Overflow')
Affected Products
| Product | Versions |
|---|---|
n/an/a |
|
References
- MS06-027vendor-advisory
- oval:org.mitre.oval:def:2068vdb-entrysignature
- http://isc.sans.org/diary.php?storyid=1345
- 25635vdb-entry
- http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/advisory/919637.mspx
- oval:org.mitre.oval:def:1738vdb-entrysignature
- http://isc.sans.org/diary.php?storyid=1346
- TA06-164Athird-party-advisory
- ADV-2006-1872vdb-entry
- 18037vdb-entry
- 20153third-party-advisory
- word-code-execution(26556)vdb-entry
- VU#446012third-party-advisory
- 1016130vdb-entry
- oval:org.mitre.oval:def:1418vdb-entrysignature
- TA06-139Athird-party-advisory
- http://blogs.technet.com/msrc/archive/2006/05/19/429353.aspx
- https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2006-2492government-resource
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