CVE-2006-3656 (GCVE-0-2006-3656)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2006-07-17 19:00 – Updated: 2024-08-07 18:39
VLAI
EPSS
VEX
Summary
Unspecified vulnerability in Microsoft PowerPoint 2003 allows user-assisted attackers to cause memory corruption via a crafted PowerPoint file, which triggers the corruption when the file is closed. NOTE: due to the lack of available details as of 20060717, it is unclear how this is related to CVE-2006-3655, CVE-2006-3660, and CVE-2006-3590, although it is possible that they are all different.
Severity
No CVSS data available.
CWE
- n/a
Assigner
References
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|---|---|
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| https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilit… | vdb-entryx_refsource_XF |
| http://downloads.securityfocus.com/vulnerabilitie… | x_refsource_MISC |
| http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/19229 | vdb-entryx_refsource_BID |
| http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/2815 | vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPEN |
| http://packetstormsecurity.org/0607-exploits/mspp… | x_refsource_MISC |
| https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilit… | vdb-entryx_refsource_XF |
| http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/440867/100… | mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQ |
| http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/440108/100… | mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQ |
| http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/18993 | vdb-entryx_refsource_BID |
Date Public
2006-07-15 00:00
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