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CVE-2006-2492

Microsoft Word Malformed Object Pointer Vulnerability

Exploited in the wild

This vulnerability is on a Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalogue, added 2022-06-08. Federal due date: 2022-06-22.

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Impact

Buffer overflow in Microsoft Word in Office 2000 SP3, Office XP SP3, Office 2003 Sp1 and SP2, and Microsoft Works Suites through 2006, allows user-assisted attackers to execute arbitrary code via a malformed object pointer, as originally reported by ISC on 20060519 for a zero-day attack.

Affected products

VendorProductAffected versions
MicrosoftOffice
Versions 2000, 2003, xp
MicrosoftWorks Suite
from 2000 through 2006

Weakness classification

CWE-120

References