CVE-2006-6120

Status: ModifiedMedium (6.8)—
Integer overflow in the KPresenter import filter for Microsoft PowerPoint files (filters/olefilters/lib/klaola.cc) in KOffice before 1.6.1 allows user-assisted remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted PPT file, which results in a heap-based buffer overflow.
CVSS

Version: 2.0
Vector: AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
Base score: 6.8
Exploitation probability (EPSS)

Probability of exploitation in the next 30 days: 4.24%
Percentile among all scored CVEs: 91
Score date: 10/6/2026
EPSS (Exploit Prediction Scoring System, FIRST) estimates how likely a vulnerability is to be exploited in the wild within 30 days. It complements CVSS (impact) and CISA KEV (confirmed exploitation).
Affected technologies (1)

KDE — Koffice
CWEs

NVD-CWE-Other
References

Raw JSON (NVD)

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