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Vulnerability · CVE-2006-2492

Microsoft Word Malformed Object Pointer Vulnerability

Published May 19, 2006 · catalog updated Jun 16, 2026 · Microsoft Word

Patch now

CVE-2006-2492 is in the CISA known-exploited catalog, due Jun 22, 2022. Confirm Microsoft Word against the vendor advisory and apply that fix. The CVSS score does not change the priority.

Severity
High8.8
Known exploitation
CISA KEV and VulnCheck KEV
EPSS
48.11%
Remediation
Remediation guidance
Affected products
cpe microsoft/office · cpe microsoft/works suite · vendor Microsoft Word · vendor n/a n/a

Buffer overflow in Microsoft Word in Office 2000 SP3, Office XP SP3, Office 2003 Sp1 and SP2, and Microsoft Works Suites through 2006, allows user-assisted attackers to execute arbitrary code via a malformed object pointer, as originally reported by ISC on 20060519 for a zero-day attack.

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  • cpe microsoft/office2000
  • cpe microsoft/office2003
  • cpe microsoft/officexp
  • cpe microsoft/works suiteversion unspecified
  • vendor Microsoft Wordversion unspecified
  • vendor n/a n/aversion unspecified

How to fix CVE-2006-2492

What to do

Three questions, each answered from this record only. Confirm the vendor advisory before you patch.

Should you patch?

CVE-2006-2492 is in the CISA known-exploited catalog, due Jun 22, 2022. Confirm Microsoft Word against the vendor advisory and apply that fix. The CVSS score does not change the priority.

Which versions are affected?

Compare what you have installed with 2000, 2003, xp. Apply updates per vendor instructions.

What should an analyst verify?

CWE-120: Classic Buffer Overflow. EPSS 48.11%. The CISA KEV listing is the exploitation evidence. No Exploit-DB or Metasploit reference is linked. Use the source links for the original advisory.

Code

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Timeline

Detection, updates, and resolution for this record.

  1. May 19, 2006 · Catalog

    Detected

    Buffer overflow in Microsoft Word in Office 2000 SP3, Office XP SP3, Office 2003 Sp1 and SP2, and Microsoft Works Suites through 2006, allows user-assisted attackers to execute arbitrary code via a malformed object pointer, as originally reported by ISC on 20060519 for a zero-day attack.

  2. Jun 8, 2022 · CISA KEV

    Known exploited

    Apply updates per vendor instructions.

  3. Jun 22, 2022 · CISA KEV

    Remediation due

    Apply updates per vendor instructions.

  4. Jun 16, 2026 · Catalog

    Updated

    Buffer overflow in Microsoft Word in Office 2000 SP3, Office XP SP3, Office 2003 Sp1 and SP2, and Microsoft Works Suites through 2006, allows user-assisted attackers to execute arbitrary code via a malformed object pointer, as originally reported by ISC on 20060519 for a zero-day attack.

Sources

  • CISA KEVConfirmed exploitationCVE-2006-2492

    Microsoft Word and Microsoft Works Suites contain a malformed object pointer which allows attackers to execute code.

    cisa.gov
  • CVE.orgVulnerability recordCVE-2006-2492

    Buffer overflow in Microsoft Word in Office 2000 SP3, Office XP SP3, Office 2003 Sp1 and SP2, and Microsoft Works Suites through 2006, allows user-assisted attackers to execute arbitrary code via a malformed object pointer, as originally reported by ISC on 20060519 for a zero-day

    cve.org
  • FIRST EPSSExploitation probabilityCVE-2006-2492

    30-day exploitation probability 48.1%

    first.org
  • NIST NVDVulnerability recordCVE-2006-2492

    Buffer overflow in Microsoft Word in Office 2000 SP3, Office XP SP3, Office 2003 Sp1 and SP2, and Microsoft Works Suites through 2006, allows user-assisted attackers to execute arbitrary code via a malformed object pointer, as originally reported by ISC on 20060519 for a zero-day

    nvd.nist.gov
  • VulnCheck KEVConfirmed exploitationCVE-2006-2492

    Microsoft Word and Microsoft Works Suites contain a malformed object pointer which allows attackers to execute code.

    vulncheck.com

References

Freshness

Last verified in this catalog Oct 17, 2026. Significant claims (KEV, EPSS, CVSS, affected ranges) come from the source rows above — open the original publisher for the authoritative advisory.