CVE-2013-6801
First published: Sat Nov 16 2013(Updated: )
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.
Credit: cve@mitre.org
| Affected Software | Affected Version | How to fix |
|---|---|---|
| Microsoft Word | =2003-sp2 | |
| Microsoft Word | =2003-sp3 | |
| Microsoft Windows XP | =sp3 |
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