Vulnerabilities > CVE-2013-6801 - Resource Management Errors vulnerability in Microsoft Word 2003

047910
CVSS 7.1 - HIGH
Attack vector
NETWORK
Attack complexity
MEDIUM
Privileges required
NONE
Confidentiality impact
NONE
Integrity impact
NONE
Availability impact
COMPLETE

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.

Vulnerable Configurations

Part Description Count
Application
Microsoft
2
OS
Microsoft
1

Common Weakness Enumeration (CWE)