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CVE-2013-1331

High CVSS 7.8 Known exploited

Published 2013-06-12 · last changed 2026-06-16 · added to CISA KEV 2022-06-08

This one is being exploited in the wild.

CISA added CVE-2013-1331 to the Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog on 2022-06-08. Federal agencies are required to remediate it on a deadline. If you have affected machines, this is the class of finding that moves ahead of the rest of the queue.

The fix

We hold no Microsoft remediation data for CVE-2013-1331, which normally means it is not a Windows CVE. For non-Microsoft software the fix is the vendor's own updated release, and the affected versions are listed below.

What it is

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."

Sources

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