MEDIUM
Stack-based buffer overflow in Microsoft Excel 2000, 2002, and 2003, in Microsoft Office 2000 SP3 and other packages, allows user-assisted attackers to execute arbitrary code via an Excel file with a malformed record with a modified length value, which leads to memory corruption
Published Mar 14, 2006
5.1
MEDIUMCVSS 2.0
EPSS 18.32%
Description
Stack-based buffer overflow in Microsoft Excel 2000, 2002, and 2003, in Microsoft Office 2000 SP3 and other packages, allows user-assisted attackers to execute arbitrary code via an Excel file with a malformed record with a modified length value, which leads to memory corruption.
Affected products
Remediation
No remediation recorded yet.
Metrics
No CVSS v4.0 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.1 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.0 score for this CVE.
5.1 MEDIUM NVD
AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
Access Vector Network
Access Complexity High
Authentication None
Confidentiality Impact Partial
Integrity Impact Partial
Availability Impact Partial
This CVE is not in the KEV list.
No CISA SSVC assessment for this CVE yet.
18.32% 0.18325
Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 3, 2026.
EPSS probability 0.18325
Score over time
2022–2026- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Percentile over time
- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Table of values (18 key points)
Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.
| Date | Score | Percentile | Model |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 3, 2026 | 18.32% (0.18325) | 97.15th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 18.32% (0.18325) | 96.85th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Apr 12, 2026 | 45.45% (0.45445) | 97.61th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Feb 27, 2026 | 58.14% (0.58137) | 98.14th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Dec 10, 2025 | 49.91% (0.49905) | 97.69th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 30, 2025 | 56.26% (0.56259) | 97.91th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 29, 2025 | 58.42% (0.58421) | 97.41th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 19, 2025 | 56.26% (0.56259) | 97.84th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 17, 2025 | 49.91% (0.49905) | 97.55th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Feb 18, 2025 | 55.61% (0.55609) | 97.86th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Dec 17, 2024 | 60.03% (0.60031) | 97.91th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Jul 3, 2024 | 43.03% (0.43033) | 97.37th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Feb 2, 2024 | 63.13% (0.63126) | 97.57th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Aug 7, 2023 | 58.95% (0.58953) | 97.28th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 62.54% (0.62536) | 97.21th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 6, 2023 | 23.11% (0.23108) | 96.67th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Jul 17, 2022 | 23.11% (0.23108) | 96.62th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 4, 2022 | 23.11% (0.23108) | 94.56th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
Weaknesses (1)
References (18)
- http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/fulldisclosure/2006-02/1521.html mailing-listx_refsource_FULLDISC
- http://secunia.com/advisories/19138 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAPatchVendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/19238 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAVendor Advisory
- http://securityreason.com/securityalert/589 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SREASON
- http://securitytracker.com/id?1015766 vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACKPatch
- http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2006-069.htm x_refsource_CONFIRM
- http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/104302 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_CERT-VNThird Party AdvisoryUS Government Resource
- http://www.osvdb.org/23902 vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDB
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/427699/100/0/threaded mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQ
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/17101 vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDPatch
- http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA06-073A.html third-party-advisoryx_refsource_CERTThird Party AdvisoryUS Government Resource
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/0950 vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENVendor Advisory
- https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2006/ms06-012 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MS
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/25228 vdb-entryx_refsource_XF
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A1327 vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVAL
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A1525 vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVAL
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A1750 vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVAL
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A763 vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVAL
Change history (0)
No recorded changes yet.
Sources
CVE.org / MITRE
Status PUBLISHED
Assigner microsoft
Published Mar 14, 2006
Updated Aug 7, 2024
Reserved Nov 30, 2005
Link CVE-2006-0031
CISA Vulnrichment
Updated n/a