---
id: "CVE-2013-3906"
kind: "vulnerability"
aliases: ["CVE-2013-3906"]
title: "Microsoft Graphics Component: Microsoft Graphics Component Memory Corruption Vulnerability"
severity: "critical"
cvss: 9.3
epss: 0.84853
exploited: true
status: "open"
category: "other"
products: [{"name": "Microsoft Graphics Component", "fixed": [], "affected": "", "ecosystem": "vendor"}]
ecosystems: ["vendor"]
tags: ["exploited", "microsoft-office", "other", "windows"]
not_affected_if: ["unpatched-systems-only"]
published_at: "2013-11-06T15:55:05+00:00"
first_seen_at: "2026-10-23T19:11:52+00:00"
updated_at: "2026-10-23T21:57:35+00:00"
sources: [{"source": "kev", "url": "https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?search_api_fulltext=CVE-2013-3906", "first_seen_at": "2026-10-23T19:11:52+00:00"}, {"source": "epss", "url": "https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2013-3906", "first_seen_at": "2026-10-23T19:13:44+00:00"}, {"source": "nvd", "url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2013-3906", "first_seen_at": "2026-10-23T21:57:35+00:00"}]
---

# Microsoft Graphics Component: Microsoft Graphics Component Memory Corruption Vulnerability

Microsoft Graphics Component (Office/Windows graphics code) has a memory corruption bug that a crafted document can trigger. An attacker who gets a user to open the malicious file can run code on that machine.

_Summary, check and fix written by a model from the sources; labelled as such._

## Affected

- vendor:Microsoft Graphics Component affected ? fixed ?

## Fix

Apply the Microsoft update for CVE-2013-3906 per vendor instructions (CISA required action); the sources do not name the patch KB or affected versions.

## Timeline

- 2026-10-23T19:11:52+00:00 kev https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?search_api_fulltext=CVE-2013-3906
- 2026-10-23T19:13:44+00:00 epss https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2013-3906
- 2026-10-23T21:57:35+00:00 nvd https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2013-3906

## From the sources

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.

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