# CVE-2006-3656: Unspecified vulnerability in Microsoft PowerPoint 2003 allows user-assisted attackers to cause memory corruption via a crafted PowerPoint fi

- Severity: no CVSS score reported
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Public exploit code: 1 on Exploit-DB
- Published: 2006-07-17 · Updated: 2024-08-07

## Affected

- n/a: version range not reported

## Description

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.

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## References

- http://secunia.com/advisories/21061
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/440370/100/0/threaded
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/27782
- http://downloads.securityfocus.com/vulnerabilities/exploits/PP2003sp2patched_fr_exploit-method.txt
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/19229
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/2815
- http://packetstormsecurity.org/0607-exploits/mspp-poc3.txt
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/27781
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/440867/100/0/threaded
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/440108/100/0/threaded
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/18993
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/28226

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