Vulnerability CVE-2013-6801

Vulnerability Name:

CVE-2013-6801 (CCN-89537)

Assigned:

2013-11-07

Published:

2013-11-07

Updated:

2013-11-19

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.

CVSS v3 Severity:

7.5 High (CCN CVSS v3.1 Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H)

Exploitability Metrics:	Attack Vector (AV): Network Attack Complexity (AC): Low Privileges Required (PR): None User Interaction (UI): None
Scope:	Scope (S): Unchanged
Impact Metrics:	Confidentiality (C): None Integrity (I): None Availibility (A): High

CVSS v2 Severity:

7.1 High (CVSS v2 Vector: AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C)
5.3 Medium (Temporal CVSS v2 Vector: AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C/E:U/RL:OF/RC:C)

Exploitability Metrics:	Access Vector (AV): Network Access Complexity (AC): Medium Authentication (Au): None
Impact Metrics:	Confidentiality (C): None Integrity (I): None Availibility (A): Complete

7.1 High (CCN CVSS v2 Vector: AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C)
5.3 Medium (CCN Temporal CVSS v2 Vector: AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C/E:U/RL:OF/RC:C)

Exploitability Metrics:	Access Vector (AV): Network Access Complexity (AC): Medium Athentication (Au): None
Impact Metrics:	Confidentiality (C): None Integrity (I): None Availibility (A): Complete