{"id":"CVE-2013-6801","url":"https://www.cyber-defence.io/tools/cve/CVE-2013-6801","generatedAt":"2026-11-05T07:20:24.354Z","title":"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.","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.","published":"2013-11-18T05:23:58.000Z","lastModified":"2026-06-17T00:00:58.000Z","status":"Modified","sourceIdentifier":"cve@mitre.org","cvss":{"version":"2.0","score":7.1,"severity":"HIGH","vector":"AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C"},"cwe":["CWE-399"],"affected":["microsoft/word"],"epss":{"score":0.14427,"percentile":0.96638,"date":"2026-11-04","history":[]},"kev":{"listed":false},"exploits":{"count":0,"verified":false,"firstPublished":null,"source":"Exploit-DB (https://gitlab.com/exploit-database/exploitdb)","entries":[]},"verdict":{"level":"urgent","text":"EPSS puts the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days at 14.4%, higher than 97% of all known CVEs. Patch or mitigate before the next change window."},"changes":[],"references":[{"url":"http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2013-11/0035.html","source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2013-11/0038.html","tags":["Exploit"],"source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2013-11/0045.html","source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2013-11/0035.html","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2013-11/0038.html","tags":["Exploit"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2013-11/0045.html","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"}],"sources":{"nvd":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2013-6801","epss":"https://www.first.org/epss/","kev":"https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","exploitdb":"https://www.exploit-db.com/"},"licence":"CC BY 4.0 — link back to the CVE Explorer if you publish the results; upstream data remains subject to its own terms."}