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
Published Oct 16, 2006
4.3
MEDIUMCVSS 2.0
EPSS 26.98%
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.
Affected products
No data.
- 2003
No data.
No Red Hat product state for this CVE.
No package ranges for this CVE.
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.
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
This CVE is not in the KEV list.
No CISA SSVC assessment for this CVE yet.
Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 2, 2026.
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 2, 2026 | 26.98% (0.26983) | 97.99th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Sep 13, 2026 | 26.98% (0.26983) | 97.92th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 24.95% (0.24954) | 97.63th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Sep 5, 2025 | 67.39% (0.67387) | 98.51th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 30, 2025 | 77.00% (0.76999) | 98.91th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 29, 2025 | 64.30% (0.64295) | 97.81th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 19, 2025 | 77.00% (0.76999) | 98.90th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 17, 2025 | 80.27% (0.80269) | 99.07th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Dec 17, 2024 | 94.83% (0.94826) | 99.45th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Dec 12, 2024 | 96.83% (0.96830) | 99.75th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Aug 20, 2023 | 96.79% (0.96789) | 99.53th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Jul 13, 2023 | 96.66% (0.96662) | 99.44th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Jun 5, 2023 | 96.15% (0.96152) | 99.23th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Apr 28, 2023 | 96.40% (0.96399) | 99.28th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 20, 2023 | 96.35% (0.96346) | 99.21th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 96.73% (0.96729) | 99.38th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 6, 2023 | 59.26% (0.59255) | 98.89th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 4, 2022 | 59.26% (0.59255) | 98.58th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
No CWE recorded.
References (11)
- http://blogs.technet.com/msrc/archive/2006/10/12/poc-published-for-ms-office-2003-powerpoint.aspx x_refsource_MISC
- http://blogs.technet.com/msrc/archive/2006/11/10/follow-up-information-on-weblog-posting-about-poc-published-for-ms-office-2003-powerpoint.aspx x_refsource_CONFIRM
- http://research.eeye.com/html/alerts/zeroday/20061012_2.html x_refsource_MISC
- http://secunia.com/advisories/22394 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAVendor Advisory
- http://securitytracker.com/id?1017059 vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACK
- http://www.informationweek.com/management/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=193302553 x_refsource_MISC
- http://www.osvdb.org/29720 vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDB
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/20495 vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDExploit
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/4031 vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPEN
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/29507 vdb-entryx_refsource_XF
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/2523 exploitx_refsource_EXPLOIT-DB
| Link | Providers | Tags |
|---|---|---|
| http://blogs.technet.com/msrc/archive/2006/10/12/poc-published-for-ms-office-2003-powerpoint.aspx | x_refsource_MISC | |
| http://blogs.technet.com/msrc/archive/2006/11/10/follow-up-information-on-weblog-posting-about-poc-published-for-ms-office-2003-powerpoint.aspx | x_refsource_CONFIRM | |
| http://research.eeye.com/html/alerts/zeroday/20061012_2.html | x_refsource_MISC | |
| http://secunia.com/advisories/22394 | third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAVendor Advisory | |
| http://securitytracker.com/id?1017059 | vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACK | |
| http://www.informationweek.com/management/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=193302553 | x_refsource_MISC | |
| http://www.osvdb.org/29720 | vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDB | |
| http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/20495 | vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDExploit | |
| http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/4031 | vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPEN | |
| https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/29507 | vdb-entryx_refsource_XF | |
| https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/2523 | exploitx_refsource_EXPLOIT-DB |
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