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CVE-2006-0001
Stack-based buffer overflow in Microsoft Publisher 2000 through 2003 allows user-assisted remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a…
High9.3EPSS 42.0%
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- microsoft
Description
Stack-based buffer overflow in Microsoft Publisher 2000 through 2003 allows user-assisted remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted PUB file, which causes an overflow when parsing fonts.
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)
- 42.0% · top 1.3% of all CVEs (5 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 9.3.
Weakness
Affected products
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- affected n/a
References (13)
- oval:org.mitre.oval:def:590 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVALx_transferred
- VU#406236 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_CERT-VNx_transferred
- 1548 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SREASONx_transferred
- 1016825 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACKx_transferred
- 19951 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- MS06-054 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MSx_transferred
- TA06-255A (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_CERTx_transferred
- 21863 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- publisher-pub-code-execution(28648) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
- SSRT061187 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_HPx_transferred
- ADV-2006-3565 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
- 20060912 Computer Terrorism (UK) :: Incident Response Centre - Microsoft Publisher Font Parsing Vulnerability (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
- http://www.computerterrorism.com/research/ct12-09-2006-2.htm (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_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)
- 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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