CVE-2013-3855 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

Microsoft Word 2003 SP3 and 2007 SP3, Office Compatibility Pack SP3, and Word Viewer allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (memory corruption) via a crafted Office document, aka "Word Memory Corruption Vulnerability."

Published: 2013-09-11

Score: 9.3 Critical

EPSS: 53.2% High

KEV: No

Impact:

Action:

Analysis

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Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

n/a

n/a

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

OR	cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:office_compatibility_pack::sp3::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:word:2003:sp3::::::
	cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:word:2007:sp3::::::
	cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:word_viewer::::::::

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Remediation

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Tracking

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Advisories

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No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Medium

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact Complete

Integrity Impact Complete

Availability Impact Complete

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.53228.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
http://www.us-cert.gov/ncas/alerts/TA13-253A
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2013/ms13-072
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A18065

History

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Subscriptions

Microsoft Office Compatibility Pack Word Word Viewer

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: microsoft

Published: 2013-09-11T10:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2024-08-06T16:22:01.337Z

Reserved: 2013-06-03T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2013-3855

Vulnrichment

No data.

NVD

Status : Deferred

Published: 2013-09-11T14:03:48.280

Modified: 2025-04-11T00:51:21.963

Link: CVE-2013-3855

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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Weaknesses

CWE-119

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