CVE-2006-3493

Severity

51%

Complexity

49%

Confidentiality

106%

Buffer overflow in LsCreateLine function (mso_203) in mso.dll and mso9.dll, as used by Microsoft Word and possibly other products in Microsoft Office 2003, 2002, and 2000, allows remote user-assisted attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via a crafted Word DOC or other Office file type. NOTE: this issue was originally reported to allow code execution, but on 20060710 Microsoft stated that code execution is not possible, and the original researcher agrees.

Buffer overflow in LsCreateLine function (mso_203) in mso.dll and mso9.dll, as used by Microsoft Word and possibly other products in Microsoft Office 2003, 2002, and 2000, allows remote user-assisted attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via a crafted Word DOC or other Office file type. NOTE: this issue was originally reported to allow code execution, but on 20060710 Microsoft stated that code execution is not possible, and the original researcher agrees.

CVSS 2.0 Base Score 5.1. CVSS Attack Vector: network. CVSS Attack Complexity: high. CVSS Vector: (AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P).

Overview

Type

Microsoft Office

First reported 18 years ago

2006-07-10 22:05:00

Last updated 6 years ago

2018-10-30 16:25:00

Affected Software

Microsoft Office 2000

2000

Microsoft Office 2000 sp1

2000

Microsoft Office 2000 sp2

2000

Microsoft Office 2000 sp3

2000

Microsoft Office 2003

2003

Microsoft Office 2003 sp1

2003

Microsoft Office 2003 sp2

2003

Microsoft Office 2003 Service Pack 3

2003

Microsoft Office XP

xp

Microsoft Office XP sp1

xp

Microsoft Office XP sp2

xp

Microsoft Office XP Service Pack 3

xp

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