CVE-2012-2524 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

Microsoft Office 2007 SP2 and SP3 and 2010 SP1 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (memory corruption) via a crafted Computer Graphics Metafile (CGM) file, aka "CGM File Format Memory Corruption Vulnerability."

Published: 2012-08-15

Score: 9.3 Critical

EPSS: 20.1% Moderate

KEV: No

Impact:

Action:

Analysis

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Vendor Product Default status Versions

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n/a

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

OR	cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:office:2007:sp2::::::
	cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:office:2007:sp3::::::
	cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:office:2010:sp1::::::

No data.

No data available yet.

Remediation

No vendor fix or workaround currently provided.

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Tracking

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Advisories

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No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Medium

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact Complete

Integrity Impact Complete

Availability Impact Complete

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.20124.

Exploitation none

Automatable no

Technical Impact total

References

Link	Providers
http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA12-227A.html
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2012/ms12-057
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A15702

History

Sat, 10 Oct 2026 08:30:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Metrics		ssvc `{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'total'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}`

Subscriptions

Microsoft Office

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: microsoft

Published: 2012-08-15T01:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2026-10-09T19:06:39.102Z

Reserved: 2012-05-09T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2012-2524

Vulnrichment

Updated: 2024-08-06T19:34:25.837Z

NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2012-08-15T01:55:01.693

Modified: 2026-10-09T20:17:03.727

Link: CVE-2012-2524

Redhat

No data.

OpenCVE Enrichment

No data.

Weaknesses

CWE-119
Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer

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