CVEvulnerability

CVE-2006-2492

8.8 HIGH Known exploited Published 2006-05-20 Modified 2026-06-16 Official page ↗

CISA Known Exploited Vulnerability

Microsoft Word Malformed Object Pointer Vulnerability — Microsoft Word

Microsoft Word and Microsoft Works Suites contain a malformed object pointer which allows attackers to execute code.

Added to KEV
2022-06-08
Remediation due
2022-06-22
Ransomware use
Unknown
Required action
Apply updates per vendor instructions.
Notes
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2006-2492
Status
Analyzed
Published
2006-05-20
Last modified
2026-06-16
Assigner
[email protected]
CVSS 3.1 ([email protected])
8.8 HIGH — CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CVSS 3.1 (134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0)
8.8 HIGH — CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
7.6 HIGH — AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
Weaknesses
CWE-120

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.

Affected configurations

• microsoft office 2000 • microsoft office 2003 • microsoft office xp • microsoft works suite (>= 2000 <= 2006)

Related

Weakness · CWE (1)

  • CWE-120 Buffer Copy without Checking Size of Input weakness

References