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CVE-2006-6456 Detail

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

 
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CVSS 4.0 Severity and Vector Strings:

NIST CVSS score
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URL Source(s) Tag(s)
http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/fulldisclosure/2006-12/0199.html CVE, MITRE
http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/fulldisclosure/2006-12/0215.html CVE, MITRE
http://blogs.technet.com/msrc/archive/2006/12/10/new-report-of-a-word-zero-day.aspx CVE, MITRE Vendor Advisory 
http://isc.sans.org/diary.php?storyid=1925 CVE, MITRE Vendor Advisory 
http://secunia.com/advisories/23205 CVE, MITRE Vendor Advisory 
http://securitytracker.com/id?1017358 CVE, MITRE
http://securitytracker.com/id?1017579 CVE, MITRE
http://vil.mcafeesecurity.com/vil/content/v_141056.htm CVE, MITRE Vendor Advisory 
http://vil.mcafeesecurity.com/vil/content/v_vul27249.htm CVE, MITRE Vendor Advisory 
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/166700 CVE, MITRE Third Party Advisory  US Government Resource 
http://www.osvdb.org/30825 CVE, MITRE
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/454069/100/0/threaded CVE, MITRE
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/454072/100/0/threaded CVE, MITRE
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/454093/100/0/threaded CVE, MITRE
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/21518 CVE, MITRE
http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA07-044A.html CVE, MITRE US Government Resource 
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/4920 CVE, MITRE
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/0435 CVE, MITRE
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2007/ms07-014 CVE, MITRE
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/30806 CVE, MITRE
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A746 CVE, MITRE

Weakness Enumeration

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Change History

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Quick Info

CVE Dictionary Entry:
CVE-2006-6456
NVD Published Date:
12/11/2006
NVD Last Modified:
04/08/2025
Source:
MITRE