CVE-2006-0031

Severity: medium (CVSS 5.1 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 18.3% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2006-03-14 · updated 2026-06-16
Weakness: CWE-119

Description

Stack-based buffer overflow in Microsoft Excel 2000, 2002, and 2003, in Microsoft Office 2000 SP3 and other packages, allows user-assisted attackers to execute arbitrary code via an Excel file with a malformed record with a modified length value, which leads to memory corruption.

Affected products

Microsoft Office: 2000-sp3, 2003-sp1, 2003-sp2, 2004, v.x, xp-sp3

References

http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/fulldisclosure/2006-02/1521.html
http://secunia.com/advisories/19138
http://secunia.com/advisories/19238
http://securityreason.com/securityalert/589
http://securitytracker.com/id?1015766
http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2006-069.htm
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/104302
http://www.osvdb.org/23902
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/427699/100/0/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/17101
http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA06-073A.html
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/0950

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