microsoft office CVE-2013-1331 is a vulnerability in Microsoft Office
Published on June 12, 2013

Buffer overflow in Microsoft Office 2003 SP3 and Office 2011 for Mac allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via crafted PNG data in an Office document, leading to improper memory allocation, aka "Office Buffer Overflow Vulnerability."

Vendor Advisory NVD

Known Exploited Vulnerability

This Microsoft Office Buffer Overflow Vulnerability is part of CISA's list of Known Exploited Vulnerabilities. Microsoft Office contains a buffer overflow vulnerability which allows remote attackers to execute code via crafted PNG data in an Office document.

The following remediation steps are recommended / required by June 22, 2022: Apply updates per vendor instructions.

Vulnerability Analysis

CVE-2013-1331 can be exploited with local system access, requires user interaction. This vulnerability is considered to have a low attack complexity. It has an exploitability score of 1.8 out of four. The potential impact of an exploit of this vulnerability is considered to be very high.

What is a Classic Buffer Overflow Vulnerability?

The program copies an input buffer to an output buffer without verifying that the size of the input buffer is less than the size of the output buffer, leading to a buffer overflow. A buffer overflow condition exists when a program attempts to put more data in a buffer than it can hold, or when a program attempts to put data in a memory area outside of the boundaries of a buffer. The simplest type of error, and the most common cause of buffer overflows, is the "classic" case in which the program copies the buffer without restricting how much is copied. Other variants exist, but the existence of a classic overflow strongly suggests that the programmer is not considering even the most basic of security protections.

CVE-2013-1331 has been classified to as a Classic Buffer Overflow vulnerability or weakness.


Products Associated with CVE-2013-1331

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