CVE-2013-6801

medium

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.

References

http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2013-11/0045.html

http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2013-11/0035.html

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2013-11-18

Updated: 2026-06-17

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 7.1

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C

Severity: High

CVSS v3

Base Score: 6.5

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Severity: Medium

EPSS

EPSS: 0.21396

Detections

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