CVE-2013-6801 (GCVE-0-2013-6801)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2013-11-16 15:00 – Updated: 2024-09-16 19:55
VLAI
EPSS
VEX
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.
Severity
No CVSS data available.
CWE
- n/a
Assigner
References
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| http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/20… | mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQ |
| http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/20… | mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQ |
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