# CVE-2006-5296: PowerPoint in Microsoft Office 2003 does not properly handle a container object whose position value exceeds the record length, which allows

- Severity: no CVSS score reported
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Public exploit code: 1 on Exploit-DB
- Published: 2006-10-16 · Updated: 2024-08-07

## Affected

- n/a: version range not reported

## 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.

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## References

- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/4031
- http://securitytracker.com/id?1017059
- http://www.informationweek.com/management/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=193302553
- http://research.eeye.com/html/alerts/zeroday/20061012_2.html
- http://www.osvdb.org/29720
- http://secunia.com/advisories/22394
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/2523
- http://blogs.technet.com/msrc/archive/2006/11/10/follow-up-information-on-weblog-posting-about-poc-published-for-ms-office-2003-powerpoint.aspx
- http://blogs.technet.com/msrc/archive/2006/10/12/poc-published-for-ms-office-2003-powerpoint.aspx
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/29507
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/20495

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