CVE-2006-1304 Memory corruption in n/a

What is CVE-2006-1304?

CVE-2006-1304 is a critical memory corruption vulnerability in Microsoft Excel, published on 13 Jul 2006. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.

Official description

Buffer overflow in Microsoft Excel 2000 through 2003 allows user-assisted attackers to execute arbitrary code via a .xls file with a crafted COLINFO record, which triggers the overflow during a "data filling operation."

Weakness: CWE-94

Which versions are affected by CVE-2006-1304?

It affects 2 products.

Products include Microsoft Excel, Microsoft Excel Viewer.

How do I fix CVE-2006-1304?

No fix has been published for CVE-2006-1304 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

Upgrade to the fixed version. Memory-safe languages, compiler hardening and fuzzing prevent most new cases. More about Memory corruption.

Is CVE-2006-1304 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2006-1304 in the wild and no public exploit code.

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• CVE-2016-7262 Microsoft Office Security Feature Bypass Exploited High 7.8
• CVE-2009-3129 Microsoft Excel Featheader Record Memory Corruption Exploited High 7.8
• CVE-2008-0081 Code injection in n/a Critical 9.8

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Sources

• CVE record
• NVD
• OSV
• GitHub advisory
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Also known as GHSA-2gfm-8cgv-xpwx.