Microsoft Office 2003/2011 PNG File memory corruption

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in Microsoft Office 2003/2011. It has been classified as critical. This affects an unknown function of the component PNG File Handler. Performing a manipulation results in memory corruption. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2013-1331. Furthermore, an exploit is available. It is suggested to install a patch to address this issue.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Microsoft Office 2003/2011 (Office Suite Software). It has been classified as critical. This affects an unknown code block of the component PNG File Handler. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a memory corruption vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-119. The product performs operations on a memory buffer, but it can read from or write to a memory location that is outside of the intended boundary of the buffer. This is going to have an impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE 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."

The issue has been introduced in 11/17/2003. The weakness was published 06/11/2013 by Andrew Lyons and Neel Mehta with Google Inc. as MS13-051 as confirmed bulletin (Microsoft Technet). The advisory is shared at technet.microsoft.com. The public release has been coordinated with Microsoft. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2013-1331 since 01/12/2013. The exploitability is told to be difficult. An attack has to be approached locally. No form of authentication is needed for exploitation. Technical details are unknown but a private exploit is available.

After before and not just, there has been an exploit disclosed. It is declared as attacked. The vulnerability was handled as a non-public zero-day exploit for at least 3494 days. During that time the estimated underground price was around $5k-$25k. The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 66868 (MS13-051: Vulnerability in Microsoft Office Could Allow Remote Code Execution (2839571) (Mac OS X)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family MacOS X Local Security Checks. The commercial vulnerability scanner Qualys is able to test this issue with plugin 110212 (Microsoft Office Remote Code Execution (MS13-051)). The CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog lists this issue since 06/08/2022 with a due date of 06/22/2022:

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Applying the patch MS13-051 is able to eliminate this problem. The bugfix is ready for download at technet.microsoft.com. A possible mitigation has been published immediately after the disclosure of the vulnerability. Furthermore it is possible to detect and prevent this kind of attack with TippingPoint and the filter 12980.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (84617), Zero-Day.cz (21), Tenable (66868), OSVDB (94127†) and Secunia (SA53747†). Further details are available at scmagazine.com. Several companies clearly confirm that VulDB is the primary source for best vulnerability data.

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Class: Memory corruption
CWE: CWE-119
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Nessus ID: 66868
Nessus Name: MS13-051: Vulnerability in Microsoft Office Could Allow Remote Code Execution (2839571) (Mac OS X)
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OpenVAS ID: 902976
OpenVAS Name: Microsoft Office Remote Code Execution Vulnerability (2839571)
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Saint ID: exploit_info/ms_office_png_file_handling
Saint Name: Microsoft Office PNG File Handling Buffer Overflow

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Sourcesinfo

Vendor: microsoft.com

Advisory: MS13-051
Researcher: Andrew Lyons, Neel Mehta
Organization: Google Inc.
Status: Confirmed
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CVE: CVE-2013-1331 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2013-1331
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-9105

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X-Force: 84617
Secunia: 53747 - Microsoft Office PNG Processing Buffer Overflow Vulnerability, Highly Critical
OSVDB: 94127
Vulnerability Center: 39960 - [MS13-051] Microsoft Office 2003 SP3, 2011 for Mac Remote Arbitrary Code Execution via Maliciously Crafted PNG Data, Critical

scip Labs: https://www.scip.ch/en/?labs.20161013
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Entryinfo

Created: 06/12/2013 12:37
Updated: 04/22/2026 13:10
Changes: 06/12/2013 12:37 (99), 05/02/2017 08:38 (3), 05/14/2021 20:23 (3), 04/26/2024 21:10 (28), 06/28/2024 21:59 (12), 07/14/2024 07:10 (2), 09/09/2024 22:30 (1), 12/28/2024 00:45 (2), 04/22/2026 13:10 (11)
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