Is CVE-2006-5296 being actively exploited?

It is not currently in CISA's KEV catalog. Its EPSS exploitation probability is 25%.

What products does CVE-2006-5296 affect?

Tracked products affected include PowerPoint. Check the version you run to see whether it is affected.

How do I fix CVE-2006-5296?

Apply the vendor fix in your normal patch cycle. Upgrade affected products to a fixed version.

CVE-2006-5296

Q: What is CVE-2006-5296?

CVE-2006-5296 is a medium-severity software vulnerability with a CVSS score of 4.3. 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

MEDIUM severity · CVSS 4.3

4.3CVSS MEDIUM

Summary

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.

Impact & exploitability

Attack vectorNetwork

Attack complexity—

Privileges required—

User interaction—

Confidentiality impactNone

Integrity impactNone

Availability impact—

Exploit probability (EPSS)25%

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

Affected products we track (1)

PowerPoint

Recommendation

Apply the vendor fix in your normal patch cycle. Open any affected product above for its exact safe version.

CVE-2006-5296

Summary

Impact & exploitability

Affected products we track (1)

Recommendation

Additional information