CVE-2013-3906 — Microsoft Graphics Component Memory Corruption Vulnerability

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

01What is this vulnerability?

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.

02Affected products

Vendor	Product	Versions
n	a / n/a	n/a

03Active exploitation status

Yes — actively exploited. Added to the CISA KEV catalog on 2022-02-15. Ransomware use: Unknown.

04Recommended remediation

• Patch to a fixed version listed in the vendor advisory (see references below).
• Mitigate with WAF rules, network egress filters, or feature flags where the patch is not yet available.
• Hunt historical logs for exploitation indicators — see Detection signatures below.

05Technical details

For the full vendor write-up, exploit chains, and reference implementations, see the references list in section 09.

06Detection signatures

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07Related CVEs

No directly-cited follow-up CVEs in the KB record for this advisory. The references list in section 09 carries the vendor cross-references.

08Timeline

• Published: 2013-11-06T11:00:00.000Z
• Last modified: 2025-10-22T00:05:40.307Z
• Added to CISA KEV: 2022-02-15
• BOD 22-01 due: 2022-08-15

09References

• docs.microsoft.com — https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2013/ms13-09…
• www.exploit-db.com — http://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/30011
• technet.microsoft.com — http://technet.microsoft.com/security/advisory/2896666
• blogs.technet.com — http://blogs.technet.com/b/srd/archive/2013/11/05/cve-2013-3906-a-graphics-vulne…
• blogs.mcafee.com — http://blogs.mcafee.com/mcafee-labs/mcafee-labs-detects-zero-day-exploit-targeti…