CVE-2013-6801

Severity: high (CVSS 7.1 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 14.4% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: yes
Published: 2013-11-16 · updated 2026-06-17
Weakness: CWE-399

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.

Affected products

Microsoft Word for Android: 2003-sp2, 2003-sp3

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
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

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