Microsoft Word Remote Code Execution Vulnerability

Microsoft Word allows attackers to execute remote code or cause a denial-of-service (DoS) via crafted RTF data.

cat cve-2012-2539.json

Vendor: Microsoft
Product: Word
CVSS: 7.8
EPSS (exploit probability): 53.2%
Status: kev
CISA patch-by (BOD 22-01): April 18, 2022
Published: March 28, 2022
Source: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2012-2539

Microsoft Word allows attackers to execute remote code or cause a denial-of-service (DoS) via crafted RTF data.

Added to CISA’s Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog on 2022-03-28. Required action per CISA: Apply updates per vendor instructions. Due date: 2022-04-18.

This is an auto-synced KEV catalog record pending a full 0dayNews write-up — see CISA’s KEV catalog and the NVD record linked above for primary sources.