CVE-2006-6456

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Summary

CVECVE-2006-6456
StatePUBLISHED
Assignermitre
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2006-12-11 17:28:00 UTC
Updated2026-04-23 00:35:47 UTC
DescriptionUnspecified vulnerability in Microsoft Word 2000, 2002, and 2003 and Word Viewer 2003 allows remote attackers to execute code via unspecified vectors related to malformed data structures that trigger memory corruption, a different vulnerability than CVE-2006-5994.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v2.0 9.3 from [email protected]

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Problem Types: NVD-CWE-Other | n/a

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

Access Vector
Network
Access Complexity
Medium
Authentication
None
Confidentiality
Complete
Integrity
Complete
Availability
Complete

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Microsoft Office 2000 sp3 All All
Application Microsoft Office 2003 sp2 All All
Application Microsoft Office 2004 All mac All
Application Microsoft Office xp sp3 All All
Application Microsoft Word 2000 All All All
Application Microsoft Word 2002 All All All
Application Microsoft Word 2003 All All All
Application Microsoft Word Viewer 2003 All All All
Application Microsoft Works 2004 All All All
Application Microsoft Works 2005 All All All
Application Microsoft Works 2006 All All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

SourceVendorProductVersionPlatforms
CNA Na N/a affected n/a Not specified

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
US-CERT Vulnerability Note VU#166700 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.kb.cert.org Third Party Advisory, US Government Resource
SecurityFocus af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com
Webmail : Solution de messagerie professionnelle - OVHcloud- OVH af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.vupen.com
Welcome to the Microsoft Security Response Center Blog! : New Report of A Word Zero Day af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 blogs.technet.com Vendor Advisory
Microsoft Word 0-Day Vulnerability II af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 vil.mcafeesecurity.com Vendor Advisory
SecurityTracker.com Archives - [Duplicate Entry] Microsoft Word Unspecified Vulnerability Lets Remote Users Execute Arbitrary Code af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 securitytracker.com
Repository / Oval Repository af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 oval.cisecurity.org
SecurityFocus af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com
Microsoft Security Bulletin MS07-014 - Critical | Microsoft Docs af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 docs.microsoft.com
SecurityTracker: Microsoft Word Data Structure Processing Bug Lets Remote Users Cause Arbitrary Code to Be Executed af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 securitytracker.com
SecurityFocus af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com
www.osvdb.org/30825 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.osvdb.org
NEOHAPSIS - Peace of Mind Through Integrity and Insight af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 archives.neohapsis.com
Exploit-MSWord.b af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 vil.mcafeesecurity.com Vendor Advisory
Microsoft Word Malformed Data Structures Code Execution Vulnerability af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com
archives.neohapsis.com/archives/fulldisclosure/2006-12/0199.html af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 archives.neohapsis.com
Webmail : Solution de messagerie professionnelle - OVHcloud- OVH af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.vupen.com
InfoSec Handlers Diary Blog af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 isc.sans.org Vendor Advisory
IBM X-Force Exchange af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com
US-CERT Technical Cyber Security Alert TA07-044A -- Microsoft Updates for Multiple Vulnerabilities af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.us-cert.gov US Government Resource
Microsoft Word Unspecified Code Execution Vulnerability - Advisories - Secunia af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com Vendor Advisory
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