CVE-2006-6456

critical Microsoft
CVSS v3 Base Score
9.3
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
EPSS Score
59.6%
Exploitation probability in 30 days
Top 2% most likely to be exploited
Attack Characteristics
Attack Vector
Network
Attack Complexity
M
Confidentiality
C
Integrity
C
Availability
C
Published: December 11, 2006 (7093 days ago)
Last Modified: April 23, 2026
Vendor: Microsoft
Source: NVD

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.

CWE

NVD-CWE-Other

Affected Products

microsoft officemicrosoft wordmicrosoft word viewermicrosoft works

References

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