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Vulnerability record · CVE-2006-5296 · published 16 October 2006

CVE-2006-5296: Microsoft powerpoint vulnerability

Microsoft · Powerpoint

PowerPoint in Microsoft Office 2003 does not properly handle a container object whose position value exceeds the record length, which allows user-assisted attackers to cause a denial of service (NULL dereference and application crash) via a crafted PowerPoint (.PPT) file, as demonstrated by Nanika.ppt, and a different vulnerability than CVE-2006-3435, CVE-2006-3876, CVE-2006-3877, and CVE-2006-4694. NOTE: the impact of this issue was originally claimed to be arbitrary code execution, but later analysis demonstrated that this was erroneous.

4.3 CVSS 2.0 Medium EPSS 27% · top 2.0%
4.3CVSS 2.0 base score
27%EPSS exploitation probability, 30 days
NoNot in CISA KEV
1Affected product versions listed by NVD
22References, 2 tagged exploit
16 Jun 2026Last modified by NVD

Description

PowerPoint in Microsoft Office 2003 does not properly handle a container object whose position value exceeds the record length, which allows user-assisted attackers to cause a denial of service (NULL dereference and application crash) via a crafted PowerPoint (.PPT) file, as demonstrated by Nanika.ppt, and a different vulnerability than CVE-2006-3435, CVE-2006-3876, CVE-2006-3877, and CVE-2006-4694. NOTE: the impact of this issue was originally claimed to be arbitrary code execution, but later analysis demonstrated that this was erroneous.

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

Affected products

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

References

LinkTags
http://blogs.technet.com/msrc/archive/2006/10/12/poc-published-for-ms-office-2003-powerpoint.aspx
http://blogs.technet.com/msrc/archive/2006/11/10/follow-up-information-on-weblog-posting-about-poc-published-for-ms-offi
http://research.eeye.com/html/alerts/zeroday/20061012_2.html
http://secunia.com/advisories/22394 Vendor Advisory
http://securitytracker.com/id?1017059
http://www.informationweek.com/management/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=193302553
http://www.osvdb.org/29720
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/20495 Exploit
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/4031
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/29507
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/2523
http://blogs.technet.com/msrc/archive/2006/10/12/poc-published-for-ms-office-2003-powerpoint.aspx
http://blogs.technet.com/msrc/archive/2006/11/10/follow-up-information-on-weblog-posting-about-poc-published-for-ms-offi
http://research.eeye.com/html/alerts/zeroday/20061012_2.html
http://secunia.com/advisories/22394 Vendor Advisory
http://securitytracker.com/id?1017059
http://www.informationweek.com/management/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=193302553
http://www.osvdb.org/29720
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/20495 Exploit
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/4031
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/29507
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/2523

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Source: NIST National Vulnerability Database (record CVE-2006-5296), CISA KEV, FIRST EPSS (scores of 2026-09-26). This page is refreshed as NVD updates the record.