# 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."

- Page: https://www.vulneraibility.com/cve/CVE-2012-2539
- CVSS: 7.8
- Known exploited: yes, in CISA KEV since 2022-03-28; CISA due date 2022-04-18
- EPSS: 53.03% (percentile 99.0)
- CISA SSVC: exploitation active, automatable no, technical impact total (assessed 2025-02-10)
- Weakness: CWE-787
- Published: 2012-12-12

## Affected

- microsoft:office_compatibility_pack
- microsoft:office_web_apps
- microsoft:office_word_viewer
- microsoft:sharepoint_server
- microsoft:word

## References

- [advisory] http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA12-346A.html
- [advisory] https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2012/ms12-079
- [other] https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A16073
- [other] https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2012-2539

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