Vulnerability record · CVE-2013-6801 · published 18 November 2013

CVE-2013-6801: Microsoft word vulnerability

Microsoft · Word

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.

7.1 CVSS 2.0 High EPSS 14% · top 3.5% CWE-399 · CWE-399

7.1CVSS 2.0 base score

14%EPSS exploitation probability, 30 days

NoNot in CISA KEV

1Affected product versions listed by NVD

6References, 2 tagged exploit

17 Jun 2026Last modified by NVD

Description

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C

Affected products

1 vulnerable configurations from NVD's CPE data, grouped by vendor and product.

Word Microsoft

References

Link	Tags
http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2013-11/0035.html
http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2013-11/0038.html	Exploit
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	Exploit
http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2013-11/0045.html

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Source: NIST National Vulnerability Database (record CVE-2013-6801), CISA KEV, FIRST EPSS (scores of 2026-09-27). This page is refreshed as NVD updates the record.