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CVE-2013-3906: Microsoft Graphics Component Memory Corruption Vulnerability

• Severity: high (CVSS 7.8 v3.1)
• Exploited in the wild: yes — in CISA KEV since 2022-02-15
• EPSS: 84.9% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: yes
• Published: 2013-11-06 · updated 2026-06-16
• Weakness: CWE-94

Description

GDI+ in Microsoft Windows Vista SP2 and Server 2008 SP2; Office 2003 SP3, 2007 SP3, and 2010 SP1 and SP2; Office Compatibility Pack SP3; and Lync 2010, 2010 Attendee, 2013, and Basic 2013 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted TIFF image, as demonstrated by an image in a Word document, and exploited in the wild in October and November 2013.

Affected products

• Microsoft Excel Viewer: all versions
• Microsoft Lync Server: 2010, 2013
• Microsoft Office: 2003-sp3, 2007-sp3, 2010-sp1, 2010-sp2
• Microsoft Office Compatibility Pack: all versions
• Microsoft PowerPoint Viewer: 2010-sp1, 2010-sp2
• Microsoft Windows Server 2008: all versions
• Microsoft Windows Vista: all versions
• Microsoft Word Viewer: all versions

References

• http://blogs.mcafee.com/mcafee-labs/mcafee-labs-detects-zero-day-exploit-targeting-microsoft-office-2
• http://blogs.technet.com/b/srd/archive/2013/11/05/cve-2013-3906-a-graphics-vulnerability-exploited-through-word-documents.aspx
• http://technet.microsoft.com/security/advisory/2896666
• http://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/30011
• https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2013/ms13-096
• http://blogs.mcafee.com/mcafee-labs/mcafee-labs-detects-zero-day-exploit-targeting-microsoft-office-2
• http://blogs.technet.com/b/srd/archive/2013/11/05/cve-2013-3906-a-graphics-vulnerability-exploited-through-word-documents.aspx
• http://technet.microsoft.com/security/advisory/2896666
• http://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/30011
• https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2013/ms13-096
• https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2013-3906

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