CVEvulnerability
CVE-2006-3493
5.1 MEDIUM
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- 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
- http://blogs.technet.com/msrc/archive/2006/07/10/441006.aspx blogs.technet.com
- http://lists.grok.org.uk/pipermail/full-disclosure/2006-July/047732.html lists.grok.org.uk
- http://marc.info/?l=full-disclosure&m=115231380526820&w=2 marc.info
- http://marc.info/?l=full-disclosure&m=115261598510657&w=2 marc.info
- http://securitytracker.com/id?1016453 securitytracker.com
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/439649/100/0/threaded www.securityfocus.com
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/439878/100/0/threaded www.securityfocus.com
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/18905 Exploit
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/2720 www.vupen.com
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/27617 exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com
- http://blogs.technet.com/msrc/archive/2006/07/10/441006.aspx blogs.technet.com
- http://lists.grok.org.uk/pipermail/full-disclosure/2006-July/047732.html lists.grok.org.uk
- http://marc.info/?l=full-disclosure&m=115231380526820&w=2 marc.info
- http://marc.info/?l=full-disclosure&m=115261598510657&w=2 marc.info
- http://securitytracker.com/id?1016453 securitytracker.com
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/439649/100/0/threaded www.securityfocus.com
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/439878/100/0/threaded www.securityfocus.com
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/18905 Exploit
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/2720 www.vupen.com
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/27617 exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com