# CVE-2013-1331: Microsoft Office Buffer Overflow Vulnerability

> CVE-2013-1331: Microsoft Office Buffer Overflow Vulnerability. CVSS 7.8 (CVSS 3.1), in CISA KEV.

Canonical: https://rewindex.com/cve/CVE-2013-1331
Last updated: 2025-10-22T00:05:41Z

- Published: 2013-06-12 01:00 UTC · Updated: 2025-10-22 00:05 UTC · Assigner: microsoft
- CVSS: 7.8 (CVSS 3.1) · Severity: High · Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- EPSS: 79.8%, 100th percentile (scored 2026-10-25)
- CISA KEV: yes, added 2022-06-08, federal due date 2022-06-22, ransomware use: Unknown

## Description

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."

## CISA required action

Apply updates per vendor instructions.

## Affected vendors and products

- Microsoft: Office

## References

- [CVE record on cve.org](https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2013-1331)
- [NVD entry](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2013-1331)
- [https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2013/ms13-051](https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2013/ms13-051)
- [https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A16713](https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%253Aorg.mitre.oval%253Adef%253A16713)
- [https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A16732](https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%253Aorg.mitre.oval%253Adef%253A16732)
- [http://www.us-cert.gov/ncas/alerts/TA13-168A](http://www.us-cert.gov/ncas/alerts/TA13-168A)

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Canonical: https://rewindex.com/cve/CVE-2013-1331 · Markdown: https://rewindex.com/cve/CVE-2013-1331.md · JSON: https://rewindex.com/api/v1/cves/CVE-2013-1331 · Data licensed CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) · Generated 2026-10-26T02:47:09.901Z