CVE-2006-6456
HIGH · CVSS 9.3EPSS 32.2%EU EUVD
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.
Key facts
- CVSS score
- 9.3 (v2.0)
- Severity
- HIGH
- CVSS vector
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C- EPSS score
- 32.2% (98th percentile)
- In CISA KEV
- No
- In EU EUVD
- Yes (EUVD-2006-6439)
- Published
- December 11, 2006
- NVD last modified
- June 16, 2026
- Status
- Modified
EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)
This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2006-6439 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 / word
- microsoft / word
- microsoft / word
- microsoft / word viewer
- microsoft / works
- microsoft / works
- microsoft / works
References
- http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/fulldisclosure/2006-12/0199.html
- http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/fulldisclosure/2006-12/0215.html
- http://blogs.technet.com/msrc/archive/2006/12/10/new-report-of-a-word-zero-day.aspx(Vendor Advisory)
- http://isc.sans.org/diary.php?storyid=1925(Vendor Advisory)
- http://secunia.com/advisories/23205(Vendor Advisory)
- http://securitytracker.com/id?1017358
- http://securitytracker.com/id?1017579
- http://vil.mcafeesecurity.com/vil/content/v_141056.htm(Vendor Advisory)
- http://vil.mcafeesecurity.com/vil/content/v_vul27249.htm(Vendor Advisory)
- http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/166700(Third Party Advisory, US Government Resource)
- http://www.osvdb.org/30825
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/454069/100/0/threaded
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/454072/100/0/threaded
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/454093/100/0/threaded
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/21518
- http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA07-044A.html(US Government Resource)
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/4920
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/0435
- https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2007/ms07-014
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/30806
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A746
Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS
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