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CVE-2013-1318

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2013-1318 describes a critical remote code execution vulnerability in Microsoft Publisher 2003 SP3. Attackers can exploit this by crafting a malicious Publisher file that causes the application to access an invalid pointer. With a CVSS score of 10.0, this vulnerability is easily exploitable over a network with no authentication, leading to complete compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability. Despite its high severity and EPSS score, there is no public exploit intelligence, nor is it listed in CISA's KEV catalog, and it has received no community discussion or media coverage.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
2003CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:publisher:2003:sp3:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 2.0

10.0HIGH

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Confidentiality Impact
COMPLETE
Integrity Impact
COMPLETE
Availability Impact
COMPLETE
Access Vector
NETWORK
Access Complexity
LOW
Authentication
NONE
Exploitability Score
10.0
Impact Score
10.0
CvssVersion
2.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
26.17%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
97.8%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-28
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.2617 is in the 96th percentile among its peer group of 51,553 CVEs.

Social Chatter

No social media mentions found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.1 Mastodon, and 0.4 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Remediation records are not available for this CVE.

References

docs.microsoft.com / en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2013/ms13-042
oval.cisecurity.org / repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A16682
us-cert.gov / ncas/alerts/TA13-134A
US Government Resource