CVE-2006-6628

Exp

Integer overflow in OpenOffice.org (OOo) 2.1 allows user-assisted remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) via a crafted DOC file, as demonstrated by the 12122006-djtest.doc file, a variant of CVE-2006-6561 in a separate codebase.

Published: 2006-12-18 Last update: 2026-04-23 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2006-6628 is rated Exploit Available (57.9/100): CVSS Medium severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 3.50%). 3 public exploit reference(s) are indexed (Exploit-DB). Public exploits are available—assess exposure, apply mitigations, and prioritize patching.

Risk is dynamic; we continuously reassess and refresh what is shown on this page as upstream context changes.

Public exploit references (Exploit-DB) for CVE-2006-6628

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
2922 exploit_db edb 2006-12-12 Exploit-DB ↗
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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2006-6628

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 2026-06-15 10.92% 3.50% -7.42%
2 2025-09-19 10.19% 10.92% +0.73%
3 2025-08-06 — 10.19% —

Full EPSS history (15 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2006-6628

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
4.3 2.0 MEDIUM
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P Click to expand
Access vector (AV:N)
Can be exploited remotely over network reachability.
Access complexity (AC:M)
Exploitation needs some favorable conditions, but not exceptional ones.
Authentication (AU:N)
No authentication is required.
Confidentiality impact (C:N)
No confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:N)
No integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:P)
Partial availability impact.
 8.6 2.9 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2006-6628

OS Trackers for CVE-2006-6628

vendor priority summary link
alpine — CVE-2006-6628: no source package rows; 0 state rows across 0 repos (none); fixed 0, open 0. https://security.alpinelinux.org/vuln/CVE-2006-6628
redhat — — https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2006-6628
ubuntu medium CVE-2006-6628 medium priority: Ubuntu including 2 source packages (openoffice.org, openoffice.org-l10n), 8 status rows across 4 suites (dapper, edgy, feisty, upstream): ignored 4, needs-triage 2, released 2. https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2006-6628

Vendor comments (NVD) for CVE-2006-6628

  • Red Hat (2007-01-15T00:00:00)

    Red Hat does not consider this flaw a security issue. This flaw will only crash OpenOffice.org and presents no possibility for arbitrary code execution.

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2006-6628

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
openoffice openoffice 2.1 cpe:2.3:a:openoffice:openoffice:2.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2006-6628

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