Buffer overflow in Microsoft Office
CVE-2006-0031
Stack-based buffer overflow in Microsoft Excel 2000, 2002, and 2003, in Microsoft Office 2000 SP3 and other packages, allows user-assisted attackers to execute arbitrary code via an Excel file with a malformed record with a modified length value, which leads to memory corruption.
Vulnerability class: Buffer Overflow
Published · last modified .
CVSS v2 metric
CVSS v2 base score 5.1 (Medium). Vector: AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P. This CVE predates CVSS v3 and has no v3 score from NVD.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.183 (97.1th percentile), scored .
Moderate probability of exploitation in the next 30 days — watch for active exploitation reports. 97th percentile — 97.1% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.183 · newest: 0.183 · change: 0.000
Affected products
- Microsoft Office — versions 2000, 2003, 2004
Weakness classification (CWE)
References
- exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/25228 (vdb-entry)
- oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval:org.mitre.oval:def:1327 (signature, vdb-entry)
- securityreason.com/securityalert/589 (third-party-advisory)
- www.osvdb.org/23902 (vdb-entry)
- www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/0950 (vdb-entry, Vendor Advisory)
- oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval:org.mitre.oval:def:1525 (signature, vdb-entry)
- www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/427699/100/0/threaded (mailing-list)
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/17101 (Patch, vdb-entry)
- support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2006-069.htm
- www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/104302 (US Government Resource, Third Party Advisory, third-party-advisory)