CVE-2013-3853 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

Microsoft Office 2007 SP3 and Word 2007 SP3 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," a different vulnerability than CVE-2013-3854.

Published: 2013-09-11

Score: 9.3 Critical

EPSS: 20.1% Moderate

KEV: No

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:2007:sp3::::::
	cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:word:2007:sp3::::::

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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 0.20145.

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%3A18464

History

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Subscriptions

Microsoft Office Word

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: microsoft

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

Updated: 2024-08-06T16:22:01.294Z

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

Link: CVE-2013-3853

Vulnrichment

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NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2013-09-11T14:03:48.260

Modified: 2026-06-16T23:55:54.387

Link: CVE-2013-3853

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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Weaknesses

CWE-119

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