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CVE-2006-3431 Details

Description

Buffer overflow in certain Asian language versions of Microsoft Excel might allow user-assisted attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted STYLE record in a spreadsheet that triggers the overflow when the user attempts to repair the document or selects the "Style" option, as demonstrated by nanika.xls. NOTE: Microsoft has confirmed to CVE via e-mail that this is different than the other Excel vulnerabilities announced before 20060707, including CVE-2006-3059 and CVE-2006-3086.

Metrics

CVSS 3.x Severity and Vector Strings:

No CVSS 3.x data is available for this CVE.

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

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URL	Source(s)	Tag(s)
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=115274676314243&w=2	CVE
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2006/ms06-059	CVE
http://secunia.com/advisories/20268	CVE	Vendor Advisory
http://securitytracker.com/id?1016430	CVE
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A431	CVE
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/438963/100/0/threaded	CVE
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/439427/100/0/threaded	CVE
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/449179/100/0/threaded	CVE
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/18872	CVE	Exploit
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/2689	CVE
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=115274676314243&w=2	[email protected]
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2006/ms06-059	[email protected]
http://secunia.com/advisories/20268	[email protected]	Vendor Advisory
http://securitytracker.com/id?1016430	[email protected]
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A431	[email protected]
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/438963/100/0/threaded	[email protected]
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/439427/100/0/threaded	[email protected]
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/449179/100/0/threaded	[email protected]
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/18872	[email protected]	Exploit
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/2689	[email protected]

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Weakness Enumeration

CWE-ID	CWE Name	Source
NVD-CWE-Other	Weakness Not in a Standard CWE Category	[email protected]

Affected Products

Product	Versions
microsoft excel	All versions
CPE cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:excel:::::::: Remediation No remediation found in references.

Change History

10 change records found show changes

Date	Action	Recorded By
Jun 16, 2026	CVE Modified	[email protected]
Apr 16, 2026		[email protected]
Nov 21, 2024	CVE Modified	CVE
May 14, 2024	CVE Modified	[email protected]
Oct 18, 2018	CVE Modified	[email protected]
Oct 12, 2018	CVE Modified	[email protected]
Oct 11, 2017	CVE Modified	[email protected]
Oct 20, 2016	CVE Translated	[email protected]
Oct 18, 2016	CVE Modified	[email protected]
Jul 11, 2006	Initial Analysis	[email protected]