CVE-2013-1321
Microsoft Publisher 2003 SP3 does not properly check the data type of an unspecified return value, which allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted Publisher file, aka "Publisher Return Value Validation Vulnerability."
Does this matter?
EPSS puts the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days at 21.7%, higher than 98% of all known CVEs. Patch or mitigate before the next change window.
Description
Microsoft Publisher 2003 SP3 does not properly check the data type of an unspecified return value, which allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted Publisher file, aka "Publisher Return Value Validation Vulnerability."
- CVSS 2.0
- 9.3 HIGHAV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
- EPSS
- 21.70% probability · 98th percentile
- Public exploits
- None in Exploit-DB
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-20
- Affected
- microsoft/publisher
- Source
- secure@microsoft.com
EPSS 21.7% since 4 November 2026; no change recorded yet. The dashed line is the ten per cent mark our analysts treat as “patch before the next change window”. Points are recorded when the score first appears and whenever it moves by a percentage point or more.
References
- http://www.us-cert.gov/ncas/alerts/TA13-134AUS Government Resource
- https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2013/ms13-042
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A16525
- http://www.us-cert.gov/ncas/alerts/TA13-134AUS Government Resource
- https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2013/ms13-042
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A16525
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA, exploits from Exploit-DB. Refreshed daily. Download this record as JSON.