CVE-2013-6801

high Microsoft
CVSS v3 Base Score
7.1
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C
EPSS Score
21.1%
Exploitation probability in 30 days
Top 4% most likely to be exploited
Attack Characteristics
Attack Vector
Network
Attack Complexity
M
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
None
Availability
C
Published: November 18, 2013 (4561 days ago)
Last Modified: April 29, 2026
Vendor: Microsoft
Source: NVD

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.

CWE

CWE-399

Affected Products

microsoft word

References

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