CVE-2006-3656

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Unspecified vulnerability in Microsoft PowerPoint 2003 allows user-assisted attackers to cause memory corruption via a crafted PowerPoint file, which triggers the corruption when the file is closed. NOTE: due to the lack of available details as of 20060717, it is unclear how this is related to CVE-2006-3655, CVE-2006-3660, and CVE-2006-3590, although it is possible that they are all different.

Published: 2006-07-18 Last update: 2026-04-16 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2006-3656 is rated Exploit Available (57.5/100): CVSS Low severity, with high exploitation likelihood (EPSS 63.63%, 98th percentile). 2 public exploit reference(s) are indexed (Exploit-DB). Public exploits are available—assess exposure, apply mitigations, and prioritize patching.

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Public exploit references (Exploit-DB) for CVE-2006-3656

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
28226 exploit_db edb 2006-07-14 Exploit-DB ↗
— nvd_ref exploit_tag Exploit-DB ↗

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2006-3656

EPSS lead: Daily EPSS estimates relative likelihood of exploitation; percentile ranks this CVE among scored vulnerabilities (higher = more severe relative rank).

# Date Old EPSS score New EPSS score Delta (New - Old)
1 2025-11-27 65.97% 63.63% -2.34%
2 2025-06-19 65.50% 65.97% +0.47%
3 2025-03-30 — 65.50% —

Full EPSS history (17 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2006-3656

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
2.6 2.0 LOW
AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N Click to expand
Access vector (AV:N)
Can be exploited remotely over network reachability.
Access complexity (AC:H)
Exploitation requires uncommon or highly specific conditions.
Authentication (AU:N)
No authentication is required.
Confidentiality impact (C:N)
No confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:P)
Partial integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:N)
No availability impact.
 4.9 2.9 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2006-3656

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2006-3656

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
microsoft powerpoint 2003 cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:powerpoint:2003:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
microsoft powerpoint 2003 cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:powerpoint:2003:sp1:*:*:*:*:*:*
microsoft powerpoint 2003 cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:powerpoint:2003:sp2:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2006-3656

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