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CERTA-2012-AVI-327

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Une vulnérabilité a été découverte dans Microsoft XML Core Services. Son exploitation permet l'exécution de code arbitraire à distance si un utilisateur visite une page Web spécialement conçue en utilisant Internet Explorer.

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Impacted products

	Vendor	Product	Description
	Microsoft	N/A	Microsoft XML Core Services versions 3.0, 4.0 et 6.0 pour toutes les versions maintenues de Microsoft Windows ;
	Microsoft	N/A	Microsoft XML Core Services version 5.0 pour toutes les éditions maintenues de Microsoft Office 2003 et Microsoft Office 2007.

References

Title

Publication Time

CVE-2012-1889 (GCVE-0-2012-1889)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2012-06-13 01:00 – Updated: 2025-10-22 00:05

Summary

Microsoft XML Core Services 3.0, 4.0, 5.0, and 6.0 accesses uninitialized memory locations, which allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (memory corruption) via a crafted web site.

Severity

8.8 (High)


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

SSVC

Exploitation: active Automatable: no Technical Impact: total

CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)

Decision recorded 2025-02-04 18:23 UTC

CWE

n/a
CWE-787 - Out-of-bounds Write

Assigner

microsoft mitre root

References

6 references

URL	Tags
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https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates…	vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MS
http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA12-174A.html	third-party-advisoryx_refsource_CERT
https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilit…	government-resource

Date Public

2012-06-12 00:00

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