How severe is CVE-2006-2492?

CVE-2006-2492 has a CVSS 3.1 base score of 8.8 (HIGH). EPSS estimates a 48.1% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days. It is listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog.

CVE-2006-2492: Microsoft Word Malformed Object Pointer

CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities

Microsoft Word Malformed Object Pointer Vulnerability is confirmed as actively exploited and is listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

Added to KEV

2022-06-08

Remediation due

2022-06-22

Required action
Apply updates per vendor instructions.

CISA notes
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2006-2492

Description

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.

Severity

CVSS 3.1 · CISA8.8 HIGH

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

SSVC · CISA-ADP

Exploitationactive

Automatableno

Technical impacttotal

Affected Products

Vendor	Product	Affected versions
-	-	n/a

References

17 Links

Vendor advisories

MS06-027

Third-party advisories

Vulnerability databases

Other references

Record Details

Published

2006-05-20

Last updated

2025-10-22

Assigner (CNA)

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Credited to

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