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low 2.6

CVE-2006-3656 json

Unspecified vulnerability in Microsoft PowerPoint 2003 allows user-assisted attackers to cause memory corruption via a crafted PowerPoint f…

published 2006-07-17 20 y ago modified 2026-06-16 4 mo ago also EUVD-2006-3651

cvss
2.6
version 2.0, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
20.5%
EPSS 20.5% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 97%
public exploits
1
Exploit-DB

Summary

Unspecified vulnerability in Microsoft PowerPoint 2003 allows user-assisted attackers to cause memory corruption via a crafted PowerPoint file, which triggers the corruption when the file is closed. NOTE: due to the lack of available details as of 20060717, it is unclear how this is related to CVE-2006-3655, CVE-2006-3660, and CVE-2006-3590, although it is possible that they are all different.

Timeline

  1. First public exploit (EDB-28226)
  2. Published

Exploit prediction

20.52% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 97% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

Exploits and checks

  • EDB-28226 Microsoft PowerPoint 2003 - '.ppt' File Closure Memory Corruption remote, 2006-07-14
  • securityfocus.com http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/18993 referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 2.0 2.6 AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N

References

Sources

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