CVEvulnerability

CVE-2006-3493

5.1 MEDIUM Published 2006-07-10 Modified 2026-06-16 Official page ↗
Status
Modified
Published
2006-07-10
Last modified
2026-06-16
Assigner
[email protected]
CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
5.1 MEDIUM — AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Description

Buffer overflow in LsCreateLine function (mso_203) in mso.dll and mso9.dll, as used by Microsoft Word and possibly other products in Microsoft Office 2003, 2002, and 2000, allows remote user-assisted attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via a crafted Word DOC or other Office file type. NOTE: this issue was originally reported to allow code execution, but on 20060710 Microsoft stated that code execution is not possible, and the original researcher agrees.

Affected configurations

• microsoft office 2000 • microsoft office 2003 • microsoft office xp

References