01 Record
CVE-2006-1302
Buffer overflow in Microsoft Excel 2000 through 2003 allows user-assisted attackers to execute arbitrary code via a .xls file with certain crafted fields in a SELECTION record, which triggers memory
UnratedPUBLISHEDCNA: microsoft
CNA base scoreUnratedNo CNA CVSS vector
02 Description
Buffer overflow in Microsoft Excel 2000 through 2003 allows user-assisted attackers to execute arbitrary code via a .xls file with certain crafted fields in a SELECTION record, which triggers memory
03 Exploitation and scoring
- Exploitation
- Not assessed. CISA has not published an exploitation assessment for this record, and it is not in the KEV catalog. That is an absence of assessment, not a finding of no risk.
- SSVC decision
- Not assessed by CISA
- EPSS probability
- 13.57% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 96.2% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
- NVD base score
- The NVD has published no score for this record
- NVD CVSS vector
- No NVD score to derive
- NVD analysis status
- Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-16.
- Red Hat severity
- No Red Hat rating. Red Hat rates the CVEs that affect its products.
Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.
04 Metadata
- Published
- 2006-07-13 21:00Z20 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2024-08-07 17:03Z2 YR AGO
- Reserved
- 2006-03-20
- Assigning CNA
- microsoft
- Record state
- PUBLISHED
- Severity
- Not rated by the issuing CNA
- CNA CVSS vector
- Not published by the issuing CNA
- Weaknesses
- CWE-119Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory BufferClass
- Data version
- 5.1
- Document digest
- 510155a34de9b8e6e7d652b990d073f3c8c716b420f5d5a522cf2322899fa0aa
05 Affected products
06 References
- docs.microsoft.comMS06-037https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2006/ms06-037
- www.nsfocus.comhttp://www.nsfocus.com/english/homepage/research/0605.htm
- securityreason.com1238http://securityreason.com/securityalert/1238
- securitytracker.com1016472http://securitytracker.com/id?1016472
- www.securityfocus.com20060712 NSFOCUS SA2006-05 : Microsoft Excel SELECTION Record Memory Corruption Vulnerabilityhttp://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/439914/100/0/threaded
- www.securityfocus.com18885http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/18885
- www.vupen.comADV-2006-2755http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/2755
- oval.cisecurity.orgoval:org.mitre.oval:def:379https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A379