Back
CVE-2006-6456Unspecified vulnerability in Microsoft Word 2000, 2002, and 2003 and Word Viewer 2003 allows remote attackers to execute code via…
- 9.3HighCVSS base score
- 33.9%Exploitation in 30 daysEPSS · top 1.6% of all CVEs
- NoKnown exploitednot in CISA's KEV catalog
- NonePublic exploitsnone known yet
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.
Timeline
ID reserved
By mitre
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 | High9.3 | AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 33.9% · top 1.6% of all CVEs (12 Nov 2026)
Loading the EPSS history…
The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 9.3.
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References
References21
- 20061211 The newest Word flaw is due to malformed data structure handling (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_FULLDISCx_transferred
- oval:org.mitre.oval:def:746 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVALx_transferred
- 1017579 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACKx_transferred
- http://vil.mcafeesecurity.com/vil/content/v_vul27249.htm (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- 23205 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- http://isc.sans.org/diary.php?storyid=1925 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- 20061210 Another, different MS Word 0-day vulnerability reported (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
- 21518 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- 20061211 The newest Word flaw is due to malformed data structure handling (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
- ADV-2007-0435 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
- 30825 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDBx_transferred
- TA07-044A (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_CERTx_transferred
- word-unspec-code-execution(30806) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
- http://vil.mcafeesecurity.com/vil/content/v_141056.htm (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- 20061210 Another, different MS Word 0-day vulnerability reported (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_FULLDISCx_transferred
- MS07-014 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MSx_transferred
- VU#166700 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_CERT-VNx_transferred
- ADV-2006-4920 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
- 20061210 Re: Another, different MS Word 0-day vulnerability reported (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
- http://blogs.technet.com/msrc/archive/2006/12/10/new-report-of-a-word-zero-day.aspx (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- 1017358 (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-2006-6439 (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)
Badge for a README or a ticket
[](https://cveledger.app/cve/CVE-2006-6456)Record last updated .