CVE-2013-3906
High 7.8 Exploited in the wild (KEV)
Confirmed active exploitation — CISA KEV catalog
- Name
- Microsoft Graphics Component Memory Corruption Vulnerability
- Added to catalog
- Remediation due date (US federal)
- Required action
- Apply updates per vendor instructions.
Description
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.
Metrics
- CVSS 3.1
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7.8 (HIGH)
Score source: NVD
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - EPSS — exploit probability
- 85% (percentile: 100) as of 1 November 2026
- CWE
- CWE-94
Affected products
microsoft: excel viewer; microsoft: lync; microsoft: office; microsoft: office compatibility pack; microsoft: powerpoint viewer; microsoft: word viewer; microsoft: windows server 2008; microsoft: windows vista
References
- http://technet.microsoft.com/security/advisory/2896666 PatchVendor Advisory
- https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2013/ms13-0… PatchVendor Advisory
- http://technet.microsoft.com/security/advisory/2896666 PatchVendor Advisory
- https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2013/ms13-0… PatchVendor Advisory
- http://blogs.mcafee.com/mcafee-labs/mcafee-labs-detects-zero-day-exploit-target… Broken LinkExploit
- http://blogs.technet.com/b/srd/archive/2013/11/05/cve-2013-3906-a-graphics-vuln… Broken LinkExploit
- http://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/30011 ExploitThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
- http://blogs.mcafee.com/mcafee-labs/mcafee-labs-detects-zero-day-exploit-target… Broken LinkExploit
- http://blogs.technet.com/b/srd/archive/2013/11/05/cve-2013-3906-a-graphics-vuln… Broken LinkExploit
- http://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/30011 ExploitThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry