CVE-2012-1888

critical
Published 2012-08-15 · Modified 2026-04-29
CVSS v3
VIR risk
9.3

Description

Buffer overflow in Microsoft Visio 2010 SP1 and Visio Viewer 2010 SP1 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted Visio file, aka "Visio DXF File Format Buffer Overflow Vulnerability."

Predictions

Exploit likelihood
20%
Patch ETA

Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.

Mitigations

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Application impact

VendorProductVersionsFixed
windows microsoftvisio2010
windows microsoftvisio_viewer2010

References

CWEs

CWE-119

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Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.