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CVE-2006-6456 Details

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.

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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URLSource(s)Tag(s)
http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/fulldisclosure/2006-12/0199.html CVE
http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/fulldisclosure/2006-12/0215.html CVE
http://blogs.technet.com/msrc/archive/2006/12/10/new-report-of-a-word-zero-day.aspx CVEVendor Advisory
http://isc.sans.org/diary.php?storyid=1925 CVEVendor Advisory
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2007/ms07-014 CVE

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Weakness Enumeration

CWE-IDCWE NameSource
NVD-CWE-OtherWeakness Not in a Standard CWE Category[email protected]

Affected Products

ProductVersions
microsoft office
2000 sp3
2003 sp2
2004
xp sp3

CPE

  • cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:office:2000:sp3:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:office:2003:sp2:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:office:2004:*:mac:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:office:xp:sp3:*:*:*:*:*:*

Remediation

  • No remediation found in references.
microsoft word
2000
2002
2003

CPE

  • cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:word:2000:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:word:2002:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:word:2003:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Remediation

  • No remediation found in references.
microsoft word viewer
2003

CPE

  • cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:word_viewer:2003:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Remediation

  • No remediation found in references.
microsoft works
2004
2005
2006

CPE

  • cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:works:2004:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:works:2005:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:works:2006:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Remediation

  • No remediation found in references.

Change History

9 change records found show changes


QUICK INFO

CVE Dictionary Entry:
CVE-2006-6456
NVD Published Date:
Dec 11, 2006
NVD Last Modified:
Jun 16, 2026
Source:
[email protected]