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CVE-2006-6120

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2006-6120 describes an integer overflow vulnerability within the KPresenter import filter for Microsoft PowerPoint files in KOffice versions prior to 1.6.1. This flaw, located in filters/olefilters/lib/klaola.cc, allows user-assisted remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a specially crafted PPT file, leading to a heap-based buffer overflow. The vulnerability has a CVSS score of 6.8, indicating a medium severity. It can be exploited remotely with medium attack complexity, potentially leading to partial confidentiality, integrity, and availability impacts. There is no evidence of active exploitation, and no public exploit code is available on platforms like Metasploit or ExploitDB. Furthermore, the CVE has received minimal community discussion and media coverage, suggesting a low level of public attention.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
1.6.1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:kde:koffice:1.6.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 2.0

6.8MEDIUM

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Confidentiality Impact
PARTIAL
Integrity Impact
PARTIAL
Availability Impact
PARTIAL
Access Vector
NETWORK
Access Complexity
MEDIUM
Authentication
NONE
Exploitability Score
8.6
Impact Score
6.4
CvssVersion
2.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
4.13%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
89.8%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-25
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0413 is in the 86th percentile among its peer group of 19,955 CVEs.

Social Chatter

No social media mentions found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.0 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.2 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (2)

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 2.1Fixed in: koffice-3:1.1.1-2.3
View patch
ubuntupatch availablevia nvd_reference
View patch

Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2006-6120Moderate

koffice: update to 1.6.1

Nov 29, 2006

References

secunia.com / advisories/23143
Vendor Advisory
secunia.com / advisories/23162
Vendor Advisory
secunia.com / advisories/23220
secunia.com / advisories/23409
secunia.com / advisories/24218
security.gentoo.org / glsa/glsa-200612-05.xml
securitytracker.com / id
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com / vulnerabilities/30624
websvn.kde.org / branches/koffice/1.6/koffice/filters/olefilters/lib/klaola.cc
PatchVendor Advisory
kde.org / info/security/advisory-20061204-1.txt
koffice.org / announcements/changelog-1.6.1.php
PatchVendor Advisory
mandriva.com / security/advisories
novell.com / linux/security/advisories/2006_29_sr.html
redhat.com / support/errata/RHSA-2007-0010.html
securityfocus.com / archive/1/453550/100/0/threaded
securityfocus.com / bid/21354
PatchVendor Advisory
ubuntu.com / usn/usn-388-1
PatchVendor Advisory
vupen.com / english/advisories/2006/4771