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.

Score

CVSS 2.0 7.1 High

Status

Modified - cve@mitre.org

Published

2013-11-18

Last modified

2024-09-16

Weaknesses

CWE-399

Affected products

• Word (Microsoft)

References

• http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2013-11/0035.html
• http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2013-11/0038.html
• http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2013-11/0045.html