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CVE-2013-1331: Microsoft Office Buffer Overflow Vulnerability

• Severity: high (CVSS 7.8 v3.1)
• Exploited in the wild: yes — in CISA KEV since 2022-06-08
• EPSS: 79.8% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2013-06-12 · updated 2026-06-16
• Weakness: CWE-120

Description

Buffer overflow in Microsoft Office 2003 SP3 and Office 2011 for Mac allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via crafted PNG data in an Office document, leading to improper memory allocation, aka "Office Buffer Overflow Vulnerability."

Affected products

• Microsoft Office: 2003-sp3, 2011

References

• http://www.us-cert.gov/ncas/alerts/TA13-168A
• https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2013/ms13-051
• https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A16713
• https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A16732
• http://www.us-cert.gov/ncas/alerts/TA13-168A
• https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2013/ms13-051
• https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A16713
• https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A16732
• https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2013-1331

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