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Vulnerability · CVE-2013-3906

Microsoft Graphics Component Memory Corruption Vulnerability

Published Nov 6, 2013 · catalog updated Jun 16, 2026 · Microsoft Graphics Component

Patch now

CVE-2013-3906 is in the CISA known-exploited catalog, due Aug 15, 2022. Confirm Microsoft Graphics Component against the vendor advisory and apply that fix. The CVSS score does not change the priority.

Gaps on this record

  • No version range is stored. A customer cannot check an installed version against this record.
Severity
High7.8
Known exploitation
CISA KEV and VulnCheck KEV
EPSS
84.85%
Remediation
Remediation guidance
Affected products
cpe microsoft/excel viewer · cpe microsoft/lync · cpe microsoft/office · cpe microsoft/office compatibility pack · vendor Microsoft Graphics Component · vendor n/a n/a

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.

Are you affected?

Enter the version you run. The result uses only the ranges stored on this record.

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  • cpe microsoft/excel viewerversion unspecified
  • cpe microsoft/lync2010
  • cpe microsoft/lync2013
  • cpe microsoft/office2003
  • cpe microsoft/office2007
  • cpe microsoft/office2010
  • cpe microsoft/office compatibility packversion unspecified
  • vendor Microsoft Graphics Componentversion unspecified
  • vendor n/a n/aversion unspecified

How to fix CVE-2013-3906

What to do

Three questions, each answered from this record only. Confirm the vendor advisory before you patch.

Should you patch?

CVE-2013-3906 is in the CISA known-exploited catalog, due Aug 15, 2022. Confirm Microsoft Graphics Component against the vendor advisory and apply that fix. The CVSS score does not change the priority.

Which versions are affected?

Compare what you have installed with 2010, 2013, 2003, 2007. Apply updates per vendor instructions.

What should an analyst verify?

CWE-94: Code Injection. EPSS 84.85%. The CISA KEV listing is the exploitation evidence. A public exploit reference is linked in Sources. That is not the same as confirmed exploitation. Use the source links for the original advisory.

Code

The project this record applies to. Exploit listings stay in References.

No public source repository is identified for this product.

Timeline

Detection, updates, and resolution for this record.

  1. Nov 6, 2013 · Catalog

    Detected

    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.

  2. Feb 15, 2022 · CISA KEV

    Known exploited

    Apply updates per vendor instructions.

  3. Aug 15, 2022 · CISA KEV

    Remediation due

    Apply updates per vendor instructions.

  4. Jun 16, 2026 · Catalog

    Updated

    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.

Sources

  • CISA KEVConfirmed exploitationCVE-2013-3906

    Microsoft Graphics Component contains a memory corruption vulnerability which can allow for remote code execution.

    cisa.gov
  • CVE.orgVulnerability recordCVE-2013-3906

    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

    cve.org
  • FIRST EPSSExploitation probabilityCVE-2013-3906

    30-day exploitation probability 84.9%

    first.org
  • Exploit DatabasePublic exploit reference30011

    Public archive entry. The exploit body is not stored here.

    exploit-db.com
  • Metasploit ModulesPublic exploit moduleexploit_windows/fileformat/mswin_tiff_overflow

    Public module reference (average). Module source is not copied into this catalog.

    rapid7.com
  • NIST NVDVulnerability recordCVE-2013-3906

    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

    nvd.nist.gov
  • VulnCheck KEVConfirmed exploitationCVE-2013-3906

    Microsoft Graphics Component contains a memory corruption vulnerability which can allow for remote code execution.

    vulncheck.com

References

Freshness

Last verified in this catalog Oct 17, 2026. Significant claims (KEV, EPSS, CVSS, affected ranges) come from the source rows above — open the original publisher for the authoritative advisory.