CVEvulnerability

CVE-2012-2539

7.8 HIGH Known exploited Published 2012-12-12 Modified 2026-06-16 Official page ↗

CISA Known Exploited Vulnerability

Microsoft Word Remote Code Execution Vulnerability — Microsoft Word

Microsoft Word allows attackers to execute remote code or cause a denial-of-service (DoS) via crafted RTF data.

Added to KEV: 2022-03-28
Remediation due: 2022-04-18
Ransomware use: Unknown
Required action: Apply updates per vendor instructions.
Notes: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2012-2539

Status: Analyzed
Published: 2012-12-12
Last modified: 2026-06-16
Assigner: [email protected]
CVSS 3.1 (134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0): 7.8 HIGH — CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CVSS 2.0 ([email protected]): 9.3 HIGH — AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
Weaknesses: CWE-787

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."

Affected configurations

• microsoft office compatibility pack • microsoft office web apps 2010 • microsoft office word viewer • microsoft sharepoint server 2010 • microsoft word 2003 • microsoft word 2007 • microsoft word 2010

Weakness · CWE (1)

CWE-787 Out-of-bounds Write weakness

References