CVE-2012-2539 (GCVE-0-2012-2539)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2012-12-12 00:00
Modified
2025-10-22 00:05
Severity ?
VLAI Severity ?
EPSS score ?
CWE
- n/a
Summary
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
CISA Known Exploited Vulnerability
Data from the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog
Date added: 2022-03-28
Due date: 2022-04-18
Required action: Apply updates per vendor instructions.
Used in ransomware: Unknown
Notes: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2012-2539
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