CVE-2012-2539

highpriority · act · 90OT risk · criticalKEV · exploitedEPSS 0.530 · 99 %ileEUUS

grimoire priorityP0 · Act now

Exploitable?

Yes · in the wild

CISA KEV

Likely / severe?

53.0% (99th) EPSS

CVSS 9.3 · high

Is it mine?

8 products

Check your exposure

Who says so?

3 sources

cnnvd · enisa_euvd · nvd

added 2022-03-28remediate by 2022-04-18

required action Apply updates per vendor instructions.

EPSS · scored 2026-10-27

Microsoft Word Remote Code Execution Vulnerability

Microsoft Word 2003 SP3, 2007 SP2 and SP3, and 2010 SP1; Word Viewer; Office Compatibility Pack SP2 and SP3; and Office Web Apps 2010 SP1 allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (memory corruption) via crafted RTF data, aka "Word RTF 'listoverridecount' Remote Code Execution Vulnerability."

cvss

Technical severity, 0–10. One row per scoring source.

9.3

010

base score 0–10 · higher = more severe · hover a vector to decode

v2.09.3highAV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:Cprimary · NVD / NIST USexploitability 8.6 · impact 10

v3.17.8highCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:Hsecondary · ENISA EU

v3.17.8highCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:Hsecondaryexploitability 1.8 · impact 5.9

v3.17.8highCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H/E:Hsecondary · CVSS-BT (t0sche)

ssvc

A stakeholder decision — act, attend, or track — from exploitation and impact.

Exploitation: active · Automatable: no · Technical Impact: totalcoordinatorcisa_ssvcUS

weaknesses

The CWE weakness classes this flaw belongs to.

CWE-787USprimary

affected products (8)

Products and version ranges known to be affected.

n/a n/a≤ n/aenisa_euvdEU
microsoft office compatibility packall versionsnvdUScpe:2.3:a:microsoft:office_compatibility_pack:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
microsoft office web apps= 2010nvdUScpe:2.3:a:microsoft:office_web_apps:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
microsoft office word viewerall versionsnvdUScpe:2.3:a:microsoft:office_word_viewer:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
microsoft sharepoint server= 2010nvdUScpe:2.3:a:microsoft:sharepoint_server:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
microsoft word= 2003nvdUScpe:2.3:a:microsoft:word:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
microsoft word= 2007nvdUScpe:2.3:a:microsoft:word:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
microsoft word= 2010nvdUScpe:2.3:a:microsoft:word:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

also known as (3)

Other names and identifiers for this entity.

sources

Which sources assert this record, and when.

cnnvd enisa_euvd nvd NVD CVE.org MITRE

published 2012-12-12modified 2026-06-16

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references (11)

External citations — patches, advisories, analysis.

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