GDI+ in Microsoft Windows Vista SP2 and Server 2008 SP2; Office 2003 SP3, 2007 SP3, and 2010 SP1 and SP2; Office Compatibility Pack SP3; an…

published 2013-11-06 13y ago modified 2026-06-16 4mo ago also EUVD-2013-3838

cvss: 7.8; version 3.1, CNA
cisa kev: Exploited; added 2022-02-15
epss: 84.9%; EPSS 84.9% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 99.7%
public exploits: 2; Metasploit and Exploit-DB

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.

Patch / fix

cisa required action Apply updates per vendor instructions.

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Timeline

2013-11-05 First public exploit (Metasploit exploit/windows/fileformat/mswin_tiff_overflow)
2013-11-06 Published
2022-02-15 Added to CISA KEV
2022-08-15 CISA patch deadline
2023-12-12 CISA SSVC: exploitation active

Known exploited

Added: 4y ago (2022-02-15)
Patch by: 2022-08-15 (4y ago)
Ransomware: Not known
Required action: Apply updates per vendor instructions.
Vendor, product: Microsoft, Graphics Component
CISA name: Microsoft Graphics Component Memory Corruption Vulnerability

CISA SSVC

Exploitation: Active, exploited in the wild
Automatable: yes
Technical impact: total
Assessed: 2y ago (2023-12-12)

Exploit prediction

84.85% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 99.7% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).

Exploits and checks

Metasploit exploit/windows/fileformat/mswin_tiff_overflow MS13-096 Microsoft Tagged Image File Format (TIFF) Integer Overflow metasploit exploit, average rank, 2013-11-05
EDB-30011 Microsoft - Tagged Image File Format '.TIFF' Integer Overflow (Metasploit) remote, 2013-12-03
blogs.technet.com http://blogs.technet.com/b/srd/archive/2013/11/05/cve-2013-3906-a-graphics-vulnerability-exploited-through-word-documents.aspx referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified
blogs.mcafee.com http://blogs.mcafee.com/mcafee-labs/mcafee-labs-detects-zero-day-exploit-targeting-microsoft-office-2 referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified

CVSS scores

assigned by	version	score	vector
CISA ADP	3.1	7.8	CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
NVD	3.1	7.8	CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CNA	3.1	7.8	CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
NVD	2.0	9.3	AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Classification

Weakness

CWE-94 Improper Control of Generation of Code

References

docs.microsoft.com /en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2013/ms13-096
vendor-advisory, patch
technet.microsoft.com /security/advisory/2896666
patch, vendor-advisory
exploit-db.com /exploits/30011
exploit, third-party-advisory, vdb-entry
blogs.technet.com /b/srd/archive/2013/11/05/cve-2013-3906-a-graphics-vulnerability-exploited-through-word-documents.aspx
broken-link, exploit
blogs.mcafee.com /mcafee-labs/mcafee-labs-detects-zero-day-exploit-targeting-microsoft-office-2
broken-link, exploit
cisa.gov /known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2013-3906
government-resource, us-government-resource

Sources

CVE List CVE-2013-3906
NVD CVE-2013-3906

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