CVE-2012-2539

HIGH KEV

Microsoft Word <2010 - Memory Corruption

Title source: llm

Description

Microsoft Word 2003 SP3, 2007 SP2 and SP3, and 2010 SP1; Word Viewer; Office Compatibility Pack SP2 and SP3; and Office Web Apps 2010 SP1 allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (memory corruption) via crafted RTF data, aka "Word RTF 'listoverridecount' Remote Code Execution Vulnerability."

References (4)

[Third Party Advisory, US Government Resource] http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA12-346A.html

[Patch, Vendor Advisory] https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2012/ms12-079

[Broken Link] https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A16073

[Third Party Advisory, US Government Resource] https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2012-2539

Scores

CVSS v3 7.8

EPSS 0.8441

EPSS Percentile 99.3%

Attack Vector LOCAL

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Details

CISA KEV 2022-03-28

VulnCheck KEV 2014-07-11

InTheWild.io 2022-03-28

ENISA EUVD EUVD-2012-2525

CWE

CWE-787

Status published

Products (7)

microsoft/office_compatibility_pack (2 CPE variants)

microsoft/office_web_apps 2010 sp1

microsoft/office_word_viewer

microsoft/sharepoint_server 2010

microsoft/word 2003 sp3

microsoft/word 2007 sp2 (2 CPE variants)

microsoft/word 2010 sp1

Published Dec 12, 2012

KEV Added Mar 28, 2022

Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026