Unspecified vulnerability in Microsoft Word 2000, 2002, and 2003 and Word Viewer 2003 allows remote attackers to execute code via…

Description

Unspecified 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.

Scores

EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)

32.2% · top 1.7% of all CVEs (6 Nov 2026)

The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 9.3.

Weakness

• n/a

Affected products

• n/a

  • affected n/a

References (21)

• 20061211 The newest Word flaw is due to malformed data structure handling (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_FULLDISCx_transferred
• oval:org.mitre.oval:def:746 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVALx_transferred
• 1017579 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACKx_transferred
• http://vil.mcafeesecurity.com/vil/content/v_vul27249.htm (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
• 23205 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
• http://isc.sans.org/diary.php?storyid=1925 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
• 20061210 Another, different MS Word 0-day vulnerability reported (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
• 21518 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
• 20061211 The newest Word flaw is due to malformed data structure handling (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
• ADV-2007-0435 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
• 30825 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDBx_transferred
• TA07-044A (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_CERTx_transferred
• word-unspec-code-execution(30806) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
• http://vil.mcafeesecurity.com/vil/content/v_141056.htm (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
• 20061210 Another, different MS Word 0-day vulnerability reported (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_FULLDISCx_transferred
• MS07-014 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MSx_transferred
• VU#166700 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_CERT-VNx_transferred
• ADV-2006-4920 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
• 20061210 Re: Another, different MS Word 0-day vulnerability reported (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
• http://blogs.technet.com/msrc/archive/2006/12/10/new-report-of-a-word-zero-day.aspx (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
• 1017358 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACKx_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)

Badge for a README or a ticket

[![CVE-2006-6456](https://trackcve.app/badge/CVE-2006-6456.svg)](https://trackcve.app/cve/CVE-2006-6456)

Record last updated 7 Aug 2024, 20:26 UTC.