ID CVE-2013-6801
Summary 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
Vulnerable Configurations
  • cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:word:2003:sp2:*:*:*:*:*:*
    cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:word:2003:sp2:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:word:2003:sp3:*:*:*:*:*:*
    cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:word:2003:sp3:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_xp:*:sp3:*:*:*:*:*:*
    cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_xp:*:sp3:*:*:*:*:*:*
CVSS
Base: 7.1 (as of 19-11-2013 - 15:02)
Impact:
Exploitability:
CWE CWE-399
CAPEC
Access
VectorComplexityAuthentication
NETWORK MEDIUM NONE
Impact
ConfidentialityIntegrityAvailability
NONE NONE COMPLETE
cvss-vector via4 AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C
refmap via4
bugtraq
  • 20131107 Word 2003 SP2 .doc fork bomb on WinXP SP3
  • 20131108 Re: Word 2003 SP2 .doc fork bomb on WinXP SP3
Last major update 19-11-2013 - 15:02
Published 18-11-2013 - 05:23
Last modified 19-11-2013 - 15:02
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