CVE-2006-2492
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.
Published:May 20, 2006
Last Modified:Apr 16, 2026
EPS:May 20, 2006
EPSS Score:0.77832
CVSS Score:8.8
CISA Notification
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.
Required Action:
Apply updates per vendor instructions.
Notes:
No extra notes provided.
Due Date
Jun 22, 2022
1542 days ago
Alert Date
Jun 8, 2022
1556 days ago
Affected Products
Vendor
Product
Action
Vendor
Microsoft
Product
Office
Microsoft
Office
Vendor
Microsoft
Product
Works Suite
Microsoft
Works Suite
Exploits
Common Weakness Enumeration
Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)
Related CVEs
References
Common Vulnerability Scoring System
Attack Vector
Network
Adjacent
Local
Physical
Privileges Required
None
Low
High
User Interaction
None
Required
Scope
Unchanged
Changed
Confidentiality
None
Low
High
Integrity
None
Low
High
Availability
None
Low
High
