FKIE_CVE-2006-5296

Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2006-10-16 19:07 - Updated: 2026-06-16 22:30
Severity
Summary
PowerPoint in Microsoft Office 2003 does not properly handle a container object whose position value exceeds the record length, which allows user-assisted attackers to cause a denial of service (NULL dereference and application crash) via a crafted PowerPoint (.PPT) file, as demonstrated by Nanika.ppt, and a different vulnerability than CVE-2006-3435, CVE-2006-3876, CVE-2006-3877, and CVE-2006-4694. NOTE: the impact of this issue was originally claimed to be arbitrary code execution, but later analysis demonstrated that this was erroneous.
References
cve@mitre.orghttp://blogs.technet.com/msrc/archive/2006/10/12/poc-published-for-ms-office-2003-powerpoint.aspx
cve@mitre.orghttp://blogs.technet.com/msrc/archive/2006/11/10/follow-up-information-on-weblog-posting-about-poc-published-for-ms-office-2003-powerpoint.aspx
cve@mitre.orghttp://research.eeye.com/html/alerts/zeroday/20061012_2.html
cve@mitre.orghttp://secunia.com/advisories/22394Vendor Advisory
cve@mitre.orghttp://securitytracker.com/id?1017059
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.informationweek.com/management/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=193302553
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.osvdb.org/29720
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.securityfocus.com/bid/20495Exploit
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/4031
cve@mitre.orghttps://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/29507
cve@mitre.orghttps://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/2523
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://blogs.technet.com/msrc/archive/2006/10/12/poc-published-for-ms-office-2003-powerpoint.aspx
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://blogs.technet.com/msrc/archive/2006/11/10/follow-up-information-on-weblog-posting-about-poc-published-for-ms-office-2003-powerpoint.aspx
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://research.eeye.com/html/alerts/zeroday/20061012_2.html
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://secunia.com/advisories/22394Vendor Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://securitytracker.com/id?1017059
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.informationweek.com/management/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=193302553
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.osvdb.org/29720
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/20495Exploit
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/4031
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/29507
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/2523
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
microsoft powerpoint 2003
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  "lastModified": "2026-06-16T22:30:55.027",
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