CVE-2013-1331
Published 2013-06-12 · Updated 2026-06-16 · Source secure@microsoft.com
Summary
CVE-2013-1331 is a high-severity (CVSS 7.8) vulnerability in Microsoft Office. CISA added it to the Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog on June 8, 2022, which means exploitation in the wild has been confirmed; US federal agencies had to remediate it by June 22, 2022. CISA does not currently list it as used in ransomware campaigns. Microsoft has 390 vulnerabilities in the KEV catalog, 117 of them linked to ransomware.
All 390 known-exploited Microsoft vulnerabilities →Description
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."
CVSS vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CISA Known-Exploited Vulnerability
Product: Microsoft — Office
Name: Microsoft Office Buffer Overflow Vulnerability
Date added: 2022-06-08 · Due: 2022-06-22
Required action: Apply updates per vendor instructions.
References
- http://www.us-cert.gov/ncas/alerts/TA13-168A
- https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2013/ms13-051
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A16713
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A16732
- http://www.us-cert.gov/ncas/alerts/TA13-168A
- https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2013/ms13-051
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A16713
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A16732