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    CVE-2012-2539

    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."

    Published:Dec 12, 2012
    Last Modified:Apr 22, 2026
    EPS:Dec 12, 2012
    EPSS Score:0.84414
    CVSS Score:7.8

    CISA Notification

    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."

    Required Action:

    Apply updates per vendor instructions.

    Notes:

    No extra notes provided.

    Due Date
    Apr 18, 2022
    1607 days ago
    Alert Date
    Mar 28, 2022
    1628 days ago

    Affected Products

    Vendor
    Microsoft
    Product
    Office Compatibility Pack
    Vendor
    Microsoft
    Product
    Office Web Apps
    Vendor
    Microsoft
    Product
    Office Word Viewer
    Vendor
    Microsoft
    Product
    Sharepoint Server
    Vendor
    Microsoft
    Product
    Word

    Exploits

    No exploit reference

    Common Weakness Enumeration

    CWE-787 Out-of-bounds Write

    Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)

    No CAPEC recorded yet

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    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High