CVE-2012-2524

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

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."

Predictions

Exploit likelihood
20%
Patch ETA

Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.

Mitigations

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Application impact

VendorProductVersionsFixed
windows microsoftoffice2007
windows microsoftoffice2010

References

CWEs

CWE-119

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