CVE-2006-3647

Severity: critical (CVSS 9.3 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 27.0% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2006-10-10 · updated 2026-06-16
Weakness: CWE-189

Description

Integer overflow in Microsoft Word 2000, 2002, 2003, 2004 for Mac, and v.X for Mac allows remote user-assisted attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted string in a Word document, which overflows a 16-bit integer length value, aka "Memmove Code Execution," a different vulnerability than CVE-2006-3651 and CVE-2006-4693.

Affected products

Microsoft Office: 2000, 2000-sp1, 2000-sp2, 2000-sp3, 2001, 2001-sr1 (+6)

References

http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/fulldisclosure/2006-10/0211.html
http://securitytracker.com/id?1017032
http://www.osvdb.org/29440
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/448417/100/0/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/449179/100/0/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/20341
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/3979
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2006/ms06-060
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A4
http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/fulldisclosure/2006-10/0211.html
http://securitytracker.com/id?1017032
http://www.osvdb.org/29440

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