CVE-2006-3649

Severity: medium (CVSS 5.1 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 10.2% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2006-08-09 · updated 2026-06-16

Description

Buffer overflow in Microsoft Visual Basic for Applications (VBA) SDK 6.0 through 6.4, as used by Microsoft Office 2000 SP3, Office XP SP3, Project 2000 SR1, Project 2002 SP1, Access 2000 Runtime SP3, Visio 2002 SP2, and Works Suite 2004 through 2006, allows user-assisted attackers to execute arbitrary code via unspecified document properties that are not verified when VBA is invoked to open documents.

Affected products

Microsoft Visual Basic: 6.2, 6.3, 6.4

References

http://secunia.com/advisories/21408
http://securitytracker.com/id?1016656
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/159484
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/19414
http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA06-220A.html
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/3214
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2006/ms06-047
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A694
http://secunia.com/advisories/21408
http://securitytracker.com/id?1016656
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/159484
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/19414

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