CVE-2006-2492 - CVE House
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Status published Unknown CVE-2006-2492

Buffer overflow in Microsoft Word in Office 2000 SP3, Office...

Vulnerability Description

Buffer overflow in Microsoft Word in Office 2000 SP3, Office XP SP3, Office 2003 Sp1 and SP2, and Microsoft Works Suites through 2006, allows user-assisted attackers to execute arbitrary code via a malformed object pointer, as originally reported by ISC on 20060519 for a zero-day attack.

Impact Analysis

Refer to official advisory for detailed impact metrics.

Remediation

Ensure systems are updated to the latest vendor-supplied patch levels.

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Credits & Attribution

No credits recorded in the NVD database.

Affected Vendor

Affected Software

office, works suite
Vulnerable Versions:
2000, 2003, xp

Timeline

Official Publish: May 20th, 2006
Last Modified: October 22nd, 2025
Added to House: July 18th, 2026

CVSS Vectors

No vector data available

Weaknesses (CWE)

No CWE data available

MITRE ATT&CK TTPs

No associated TTPs found for this vulnerability.