Denial of Service Vulnerability in Microsoft Word 2003 SP2 and SP3

Denial of Service Vulnerability in Microsoft Word 2003 SP2 and SP3

CVE-2013-6801 · HIGH Severity

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

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.

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