{"cve":"CVE-2013-6801","nvd":{"published":"2013-11-18T05:23:57.893","modified":"2026-06-17T00:00:57.600","status":"Modified","description":"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.","cvss_v4":null,"cvss_v3":null,"cwes":["CWE-399"],"references":["http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2013-11/0035.html","http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2013-11/0038.html","http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2013-11/0045.html","http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2013-11/0035.html","http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2013-11/0038.html"],"products":["microsoft:word"],"source":"nvd","synced_at":"2026-10-19T20:30:15.895642412+00:00"},"epss":{"cve":"CVE-2013-6801","score":0.14427,"percentile":0.96627,"date":"2026-10-31"},"kev":null,"osv":[],"attribution":["This product uses the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD.","EPSS scores: FIRST Exploit Prediction Scoring System, https://www.first.org/epss","Known exploited vulnerabilities: CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog, https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","Package advisories: OSV (https://osv.dev), from the GitHub Advisory Database, PyPA, Go, RustSec and other ecosystem databases, under CC-BY 4.0 or CC0","CVE records: the CVE Program's CVE List (https://www.cve.org), under its terms of use (https://www.cve.org/Legal/TermsOfUse). CVE is a registered trademark of The MITRE Corporation; this product is not affiliated with the CVE Program."]}