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CVE-2005-0558
Buffer overflow in Microsoft Word 2000, Word 2002, and Word 2003 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted document.
- 5.1MediumCVSS base score
- 15.2%Exploitation in 30 daysEPSS · top 3.2% of all CVEs
- NoKnown exploitednot in CISA's KEV catalog
- NonePublic exploitsnone known yet
Description
Buffer overflow in Microsoft Word 2000, Word 2002, and Word 2003 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted document.
Timeline
ID reserved
By microsoft
- 46 days later
· 46 days later
Published
- 19 years later
· 19 years later
Record updated
Changes after publication (a new score, a public exploit, EPSS crossing 1, 10 or 50 %, leaving KEV) are kept since November 2026; earlier ones are not known.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | Medium5.1 | AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 15.2% · top 3.2% of all CVEs (9 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 5.1.
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References
6
- oval:org.mitre.oval:def:2415 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVALx_transferred
- MS05-023 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MSx_transferred
- oval:org.mitre.oval:def:4234 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVALx_transferred
- oval:org.mitre.oval:def:2685 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVALx_transferred
- word-document-bo(19828) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
- oval:org.mitre.oval:def:1236 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVALx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- EUVD EUVD-2005-0559 (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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