CVE-2006-5994

Critical

Description

Unspecified vulnerability in Microsoft Word 2000 and 2002, Office Word and Word Viewer 2003, Word 2004 and 2004 v. X for Mac, and Works 2004, 2005, and 2006 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a Word document with a malformed string that triggers memory corruption, a different vulnerability than CVE-2006-6456.

SeverityCritical

CVSS9.3

Exploit probability—

Product

Microsoft Office

PublishedDec 6, 2006

First seenDec 6, 2006

How to fix

Vendor advisories

docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2007/ms07-014

Affected products

Product	Affected versions	Fixed in
microsoft office	2000, 2003, 2004, xp	—
microsoft word	2000, 2002, 2003	—
microsoft word_viewer	2003	—
microsoft works	2004, 2005, 2006	—

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