CVE-2013-6801
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2013-11-16 15:00
Modified
2024-09-16 19:55
Severity ?
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
cve@mitre.orghttp://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2013-11/0035.html
cve@mitre.orghttp://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2013-11/0038.htmlExploit
cve@mitre.orghttp://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2013-11/0045.html
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