CVE-2006-3649
Buffer overflow in Microsoft Visual Basic for Applications (VBA) SDK 6.0 through 6.4, as used by Microsoft Office 2000 SP3, Office XP SP3, Project 2000 SR1, Project 2002 SP1, Access 2000 Runtime SP3, Visio 2002 SP2, and Works Suite 2004 through 2006,…
Does this matter?
EPSS puts the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days at 10.2%, higher than 96% of all known CVEs. Patch or mitigate before the next change window.
Description
Buffer overflow in Microsoft Visual Basic for Applications (VBA) SDK 6.0 through 6.4, as used by Microsoft Office 2000 SP3, Office XP SP3, Project 2000 SR1, Project 2002 SP1, Access 2000 Runtime SP3, Visio 2002 SP2, and Works Suite 2004 through 2006, allows user-assisted attackers to execute arbitrary code via unspecified document properties that are not verified when VBA is invoked to open documents.
- CVSS 2.0
- 5.1 MEDIUMAV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
- EPSS
- 10.17% probability · 96th percentile
- Public exploits
- None in Exploit-DB
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Affected
- microsoft/visual basic
- Source
- secure@microsoft.com
EPSS 10.2% since 26 October 2026; no change recorded yet. The dashed line is the ten per cent mark our analysts treat as “patch before the next change window”. Points are recorded when the score first appears and whenever it moves by a percentage point or more.
References
- http://secunia.com/advisories/21408
- http://securitytracker.com/id?1016656
- http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/159484Patch, US Government Resource
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/19414
- http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA06-220A.htmlPatch, US Government Resource
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/3214
- https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2006/ms06-047
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A694
- http://secunia.com/advisories/21408
- http://securitytracker.com/id?1016656
- http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/159484Patch, US Government Resource
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/19414
- http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA06-220A.htmlPatch, US Government Resource
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/3214
- https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2006/ms06-047
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A694
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA, exploits from Exploit-DB. Refreshed daily. Download this record as JSON.