9.3
CRITICAL
CVE-2012-0138
Microsoft Visio Viewer Memory Corruption Remote Code Execution Vulnerability
Description

Microsoft Visio Viewer 2010 Gold and SP1 does not properly handle memory during the parsing of files, which allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via crafted attributes in a Visio file, aka "VSD File Format Memory Corruption Vulnerability," a different vulnerability than CVE-2012-0019, CVE-2012-0020, CVE-2012-0136, and CVE-2012-0137.

INFO

Published Date :

Feb. 14, 2012, 10:55 p.m.

Last Modified :

Nov. 21, 2024, 1:34 a.m.

Remotely Exploitable :

Yes !

Impact Score :

10.0

Exploitability Score :

8.6
Affected Products

The following products are affected by CVE-2012-0138 vulnerability. Even if cvefeed.io is aware of the exact versions of the products that are affected, the information is not represented in the table below.

ID Vendor Product Action
1 Microsoft visio_viewer

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The following list is the news that have been mention CVE-2012-0138 vulnerability anywhere in the article.

The following table lists the changes that have been made to the CVE-2012-0138 vulnerability over time.

Vulnerability history details can be useful for understanding the evolution of a vulnerability, and for identifying the most recent changes that may impact the vulnerability's severity, exploitability, or other characteristics.

  • CVE Modified by af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

    Nov. 21, 2024

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA12-045A.html
    Added Reference https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2012/ms12-015
    Added Reference https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A14811
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    May. 14, 2024

    Action Type Old Value New Value
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Oct. 12, 2018

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Removed Reference http://technet.microsoft.com/security/bulletin/MS12-015 [Mitigation, Patch, Vendor Advisory]
    Added Reference https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2012/ms12-015 [No Types Assigned]
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Sep. 19, 2017

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Removed Reference http://oval.mitre.org/repository/data/getDef?id=oval:org.mitre.oval:def:14811 [Not Applicable]
    Added Reference https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A14811 [No Types Assigned]
  • Modified Analysis by [email protected]

    Oct. 21, 2016

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Changed Reference Type http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA12-045A.html US Government Resource http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA12-045A.html Third Party Advisory, US Government Resource
    Changed Reference Type http://oval.mitre.org/repository/data/getDef?id=oval:org.mitre.oval:def:14811 No Types Assigned http://oval.mitre.org/repository/data/getDef?id=oval:org.mitre.oval:def:14811 Not Applicable
    Changed Reference Type http://technet.microsoft.com/security/bulletin/MS12-015 Patch, Vendor Advisory http://technet.microsoft.com/security/bulletin/MS12-015 Mitigation, Vendor Advisory, Patch
  • Initial Analysis by [email protected]

    Oct. 21, 2016

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Changed Reference Type http://oval.mitre.org/repository/data/getDef?id=oval:org.mitre.oval:def:14811 No Types Assigned http://oval.mitre.org/repository/data/getDef?id=oval:org.mitre.oval:def:14811 Not Applicable
  • Initial Analysis by [email protected]

    Feb. 15, 2012

    Action Type Old Value New Value
EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days. Following chart shows the EPSS score history of the vulnerability.
CWE - Common Weakness Enumeration

While CVE identifies specific instances of vulnerabilities, CWE categorizes the common flaws or weaknesses that can lead to vulnerabilities. CVE-2012-0138 is associated with the following CWEs:

Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)

Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC) stores attack patterns, which are descriptions of the common attributes and approaches employed by adversaries to exploit the CVE-2012-0138 weaknesses.

Exploit Prediction

EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days.

51.77 }} -15.93%

score

0.97668

percentile

CVSS2 - Vulnerability Scoring System
Access Vector
Access Complexity
Authentication
Confidentiality
Integrity
Availability