Microsoft · Graphics Component
CVE-2013-3906
Microsoft Graphics Component Memory Corruption Vulnerability
What it is
GDI+ in Microsoft Windows Vista SP2 and Server 2008 SP2; Office 2003 SP3, 2007 SP3, and 2010 SP1 and SP2; Office Compatibility Pack SP3; and Lync 2010, 2010 Attendee, 2013, and Basic 2013 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted TIFF image, as demonstrated by an image in a Word document, and exploited in the wild in October and November 2013.
CISA: Microsoft Graphics Component contains a memory corruption vulnerability which can allow for remote code execution.
What to do
Apply updates per vendor instructions.
Deadline for US federal agencies: August 15, 2022
- Added to the CISA list
- February 15, 2022
- Published
- November 6, 2013
- Severity
- High 7.8 CVSS 3.1
- Chance of attacks in the next 30 days (EPSS)
- 85% in the top 0.3% of all known vulnerabilities
- Weakness
- CWE-94
- More details
- NVD · CVE.org · CISA
All references (5)
- https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2013/ms13-096
- http://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/30011
- http://technet.microsoft.com/security/advisory/2896666
- http://blogs.technet.com/b/srd/archive/2013/11/05/cve-2013-3906-a-graphics-vulnerability-exploited-through-wo…
- http://blogs.mcafee.com/mcafee-labs/mcafee-labs-detects-zero-day-exploit-targeting-microsoft-office-2
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Sources: Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (CISA, public domain), CVE records (cve.org) and EPSS (FIRST). The chance of attacks is the EPSS estimate that someone will try to exploit the flaw in the next 30 days.