CVE-2012-2524

Published: Aug 15, 2012Modified: Apr 29, 2026

9.3

Vector

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Exploitability: 8.6 / Impact: 10.0

Source: NVD

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."

Affected (3)

Products: Microsoft: Office

1 product

Configuration A

3 vulnerable

Vulnerable Software	Affected Versions
Microsoft Office	Version 2007 sp2
Microsoft Office	Version 2007 sp3
Microsoft Office	Version 2010 sp1

Related CWEs

Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer

The product performs operations on a memory buffer, but it reads from or writes to a memory location outside the buffer's intended boundary. This may result in read or write operations on unexpected memory locations that could be linked to other variables, data structures, or internal program data.

References (6)

http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA12-227A.html

Source: secure@microsoft.com

Third Party AdvisoryUS Government Resource

https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2012/ms12-057

Source: secure@microsoft.com

https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A15702

Source: secure@microsoft.com

http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA12-227A.html

Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

Third Party AdvisoryUS Government Resource

https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2012/ms12-057

Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A15702

Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

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