CVE-2006-5296

mediumpriority · track · 36EPSS 0.270 · 98 %ileexploit · functionalEUUS
grimoire priorityP1 · Urgent
Exploitable?
Public exploit
1 exploit · functional
Likely / severe?
27.0% (98th) EPSS
CVSS 4.3 · medium
Is it mine?
2 products
Check your exposure
Who says so?
2 sources
enisa_euvd · nvd

EPSS · scored 2026-10-27

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.

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cvss

Technical severity, 0–10. One row per scoring source.

4.3
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base score 0–10 · higher = more severe · hover a vector to decode⚠ sources disagree · low–medium · 3.9–4.3

v2.04.3mediumAV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:Pprimary · NVD / NIST USexploitability 8.6 · impact 2.9
v2.03.9lowAV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P/E:POCsecondary · CVSS-BT (t0sche)
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weaknesses

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CWE-20USLLM-inferredCWE-476USLLM-inferred
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exploits (1)

Public proof-of-concept and weaponised exploit code.

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affected products (2)

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also known as (2)

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sources

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enisa_euvdnvdNVDCVE.orgMITRE
published 2006-10-16modified 2026-06-16
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references (22)

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