CVE-2006-0001
HIGH · CVSS 9.3EPSS 42.0%EU EUVD
Stack-based buffer overflow in Microsoft Publisher 2000 through 2003 allows user-assisted remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted PUB file, which causes an overflow when parsing fonts.
Key facts
- CVSS score
- 9.3 (v2.0)
- Severity
- HIGH
- CVSS vector
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C- Weakness (CWE)
- CWE-119
- EPSS score
- 42.0% (99th percentile)
- In CISA KEV
- No
- In EU EUVD
- Yes (EUVD-2006-0009)
- Published
- September 12, 2006
- NVD last modified
- June 16, 2026
- Status
- Modified
EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)
This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2006-0009 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 7, 2024.
View on the EU Vulnerability DatabaseAffected products
- microsoft / office
- microsoft / office
- microsoft / office
- microsoft / office
- microsoft / publisher
- microsoft / publisher
- microsoft / publisher
References
- http://secunia.com/advisories/21863(Patch, Vendor Advisory)
- http://securityreason.com/securityalert/1548
- http://securitytracker.com/id?1016825
- http://www.computerterrorism.com/research/ct12-09-2006-2.htm(Exploit, Patch, Vendor Advisory)
- http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/406236(US Government Resource)
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/445824/100/0/threaded
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/446630/100/100/threaded
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/19951(Patch)
- http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA06-255A.html(US Government Resource)
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/3565
- https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2006/ms06-054
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/28648
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A590
Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS
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