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CVE-2006-5296

MEDIUM · CVSS 4.3 EPSS 25.55% Public Exploit

Source: NVD + CISA KEV + EPSS (historical backfill) · Published 2006-10-16 · Last synced 2026-08-04

CyberRota Analysis

This is a medium severity vulnerability with a CVSS score of 4.3. It affects Microsoft, Office. Public exploit code or proof-of-concept references have been detected in its references. Its EPSS score suggests a 25.5% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days. It may lead to a denial-of-service condition.

Public Exploit Signal

A public exploit, PoC, GitHub repository or Metasploit reference was detected for this CVE.

Detected Signals
arbitrary code execution code execution
External Security References

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CVE
CVE-2006-5296
Severity
MEDIUM
CVSS
4.3
EPSS
25.55%
Microsoft Office

Original NVD Description

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.