⚠ Actively exploited
Added to CISA KEV on 2022-03-28. Federal agencies required to patch by 2022-04-18. Required action: Apply updates per vendor instructions..
CVE-2012-2539 — Out-of-bounds Write in Microsoft Office WEB Apps
Severity
7.8HIGHNVD
EPSS
84.4%
top 0.67%
CISA KEV
KEV
Added 2022-03-28
Due 2022-04-18
Exploit
Exploited in wild
Active exploitation observed
Affected products
Timeline
PublishedDec 12
KEV addedMar 28
KEV dueApr 18
Latest updateMay 14
CISA Required Action: Apply updates per vendor instructions.
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."
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:HExploitability: 1.8 | Impact: 5.9
Affected Packages3 packages
Patches
🔴Vulnerability Details
3GHSA▶
GHSA-x5wq-5f2r-gxw5: 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↗2022-05-14
CVEList▶
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↗2012-12-12
🔍Detection Rules
1Suricata
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