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CVE-2013-3906

97
FAUCET Score

CVE-2013-3906 is a critical arbitrary code execution vulnerability affecting GDI+ in various Microsoft Windows and Office products, including Lync. It allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code by crafting a malicious TIFF image, often embedded in a Word document. With a CVSS score of 7.8 (High), this vulnerability requires user interaction (UI:R) but has a low attack complexity (AC:L) and can lead to complete compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability. This flaw has been actively exploited in the wild since October 2013, with public Metasploit modules available and significant community discussion and media coverage.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
Range not provided by sourceCPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:excel_viewer:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
2010CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:lync:2010:*:*:*:attendee:*:*:*
2013CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:lync:2013:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
2003CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:office:2003:sp3:*:*:*:*:*:*
2007CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:office:2007:sp3:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.1

7.8HIGH

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Attack Vector
LOCAL
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
REQUIRED
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
HIGH
Exploitability Score
1.8
Impact Score
5.9
CvssVersion
3.1

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
84.97%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
99.7%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-24
Model: v2026.06.15
Added to KEV · Feb 15, 2022
Metasploit: MS13-096 Microsoft Tagged Image File Format (TIFF) Integer Overflow · Nov 5, 2013
ExploitDB: EDB-30011 · Dec 3, 2013
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.8497 is in the 100th percentile among its peer group of 11,615 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.2 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.3 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Remediation records are not available for this CVE.

References

cisa.gov / known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog
US Government Resource
blogs.mcafee.com / mcafee-labs/mcafee-labs-detects-zero-day-exploit-targeting-microsoft-office-2
Broken LinkExploit
blogs.technet.com / b/srd/archive/2013/11/05/cve-2013-3906-a-graphics-vulnerability-exploited-through-word-documents.aspx
Broken LinkExploit
docs.microsoft.com / en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2013/ms13-096
PatchVendor Advisory
technet.microsoft.com / security/advisory/2896666
PatchVendor Advisory
exploit-db.com / exploits/30011
ExploitThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry