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CVE-2006-2197
Integer overflow in wv2 before 0.2.3 might allow context-dependent attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted Microsoft Word…
- 6.5MediumCVSS base score
- 2.5%Exploitation in 30 daysEPSS · top 15% of all CVEs
- NoKnown exploitednot in CISA's KEV catalog
- NonePublic exploitsnone known yet
Description
Integer overflow in wv2 before 0.2.3 might allow context-dependent attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted Microsoft Word document.
Timeline
ID reserved
By debian
- 42 days later
· 42 days later
Published
- 18 years later
· 18 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 | Medium6.5 | AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:P |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 2.5% · top 15% of all CVEs (10 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 6.5.
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References
16
- 20899 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- ADV-2006-2350 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
- 20844 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- wvware-wv2-word-overflow(27184) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
- 20689 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- GLSA-200606-24 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOOx_transferred
- 20826 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- 20665 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- USN-300-1 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUx_transferred
- 20688 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- SUSE-SR:2006:015 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEx_transferred
- MDKSA-2006:109 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MANDRIVAx_transferred
- 18437 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- http://sourceforge.net/project/shownotes.php?group_id=10501&release_id=424094 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- DSA-1100 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIANx_transferred
- 1016313 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACKx_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-2006-2198 (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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[](https://cveledger.app/cve/CVE-2006-2197)Record last updated .