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Vulnerability record · CVE-2006-3647 · published 10 October 2006

CVE-2006-3647: Microsoft office vulnerability

Microsoft · Office

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.

9.3 CVSS 2.0 High EPSS 27% · top 2.0% CWE-189 · CWE-189
9.3CVSS 2.0 base score
27%EPSS exploitation probability, 30 days
NoNot in CISA KEV
1Affected product versions listed by NVD
18References
16 Jun 2026Last modified by NVD

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.

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Affected products

1 vulnerable configurations from NVD's CPE data, grouped by vendor and product.

References

LinkTags
http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/fulldisclosure/2006-10/0211.html Broken Link
http://securitytracker.com/id?1017032 Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
http://www.osvdb.org/29440 Broken Link
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 Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/3979 Vendor Advisory
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 Third Party Advisory
http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/fulldisclosure/2006-10/0211.html Broken Link
http://securitytracker.com/id?1017032 Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
http://www.osvdb.org/29440 Broken Link
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 Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/3979 Vendor Advisory
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 Third Party Advisory

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