CVE-2006-3656: microsoft powerpoint
Vulnerability summary
CVE-2006-3656 is a low (CVSS 2.6) vulnerability in microsoft powerpoint. EPSS estimates a 20.52% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 97.5% of scored vulnerabilities. 2 public exploits are recorded.
Timeline
- 17-07-2006PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
- 07-08-2024Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.
Description
Unspecified vulnerability in Microsoft PowerPoint 2003 allows user-assisted attackers to cause memory corruption via a crafted PowerPoint file, which triggers the corruption when the file is closed. NOTE: due to the lack of available details as of 20060717, it is unclear how this is related to CVE-2006-3655, CVE-2006-3660, and CVE-2006-3590, although it is possible that they are all different.
CVSS metrics
1 score · 1 source · 1 versionEPSS trend
Probability
20.52%
Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days
Percentile
98%
Versus all other CVEs
30-day change
0.00 pp
From 20.52% on 21-09-2026
Known exploited
Compare KEV catalogsNot in any of the 3 tracked catalogs.
Public exploits
2 foundExploit Reference (securityfocus.com)
Maturity: unknown
Microsoft PowerPoint 2003 - '.ppt' File Closure Memory Corruption
Maturity: weaponized
Weaknesses
CWE · root causeNo weakness data has been published for this record.
Affected systems
Microsoft1 product
- powerpoint2003 | 2003:sp1 | 2003:sp2
1 vendor · 1 product
References
11 links- packetstormsecurity.org/0607-exploits/mspp-poc3.txtX Refsource MISC