VulnerabilityModified
CVE-2013-6801
Microsoft Word 2003 SP2 and SP3 on Windows XP SP3 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (CPU consumption) via a malformed .doc file containing an embedded image, as demonstrated by word2003forkbomb.doc, related to a "fork bomb" issue.
HIGH 7.1EPSS 14.4%
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EPSS puts the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days at 14.4%, higher than 96% of all known CVEs. Patch or mitigate before the next change window.
Description
Microsoft Word 2003 SP2 and SP3 on Windows XP SP3 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (CPU consumption) via a malformed .doc file containing an embedded image, as demonstrated by word2003forkbomb.doc, related to a "fork bomb" issue.
- CVSS 2.0
- 7.1 HIGHAV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C
- EPSS
- 14.43% probability · 96th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-399
- Affected
- microsoft/word
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
References
- http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2013-11/0035.html
- http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2013-11/0038.htmlExploit
- http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2013-11/0045.html
- http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2013-11/0035.html
- http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2013-11/0038.htmlExploit
- http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2013-11/0045.html
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.