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CVE-2006-0031
Stack-based buffer overflow in Microsoft Excel 2000, 2002, and 2003, in Microsoft Office 2000 SP3 and other packages, allows user-assisted…
Medium5.1EPSS 18.3%
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- microsoft
Description
Stack-based buffer overflow in Microsoft Excel 2000, 2002, and 2003, in Microsoft Office 2000 SP3 and other packages, allows user-assisted attackers to execute arbitrary code via an Excel file with a malformed record with a modified length value, which leads to memory corruption.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | Medium5.1 | AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 18.3% · top 2.8% 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: Medium 5.1.
Weakness
Affected products
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- affected n/a
References (18)
- excel-record-bo(25228) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
- oval:org.mitre.oval:def:1327 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVALx_transferred
- 589 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SREASONx_transferred
- 23902 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDBx_transferred
- ADV-2006-0950 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
- oval:org.mitre.oval:def:1525 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVALx_transferred
- 20060315 [xfocus-SD-060314]Microsoft Office Excel Buffer Overflow Vulnerability (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
- 17101 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2006-069.htm (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- VU#104302 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_CERT-VNx_transferred
- oval:org.mitre.oval:def:763 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVALx_transferred
- 19238 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- 20060314 [xfocus-SD-060314]Microsoft Office Excel Buffer Overflow Vulnerability (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_FULLDISCx_transferred
- TA06-073A (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_CERTx_transferred
- 19138 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- oval:org.mitre.oval:def:1750 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVALx_transferred
- 1015766 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACKx_transferred
- MS06-012 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MSx_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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