01 Record
CVE-2012-0177
Heap-based buffer overflow in the Office Works File Converter in Microsoft Office 2007 SP2, Works 9, and Works 6-9 File Converter allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted Works
UnratedPUBLISHEDCNA: microsoft
CNA base scoreUnratedNo CNA CVSS vector
02 Description
Heap-based buffer overflow in the Office Works File Converter in Microsoft Office 2007 SP2, Works 9, and Works 6-9 File Converter allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted Works
03 Exploitation and scoring
- Exploitation
- Not assessed. CISA has not published an exploitation assessment for this record, and it is not in the KEV catalog. That is an absence of assessment, not a finding of no risk.
- SSVC decision
- Not assessed by CISA
- EPSS probability
- 30.05% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 98.0% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
- NVD base score
- The NVD has published no score for this record
- NVD CVSS vector
- No NVD score to derive
- NVD analysis status
- Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-16.
- Red Hat severity
- No Red Hat rating. Red Hat rates the CVEs that affect its products.
Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.
04 Metadata
- Published
- 2012-04-10 21:00Z14 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2024-08-06 18:16Z2 YR AGO
- Reserved
- 2011-12-13
- Assigning CNA
- microsoft
- Record state
- PUBLISHED
- Severity
- Not rated by the issuing CNA
- CNA CVSS vector
- Not published by the issuing CNA
- Weaknesses
- CWE-119Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory BufferClass
- Data version
- 5.1
- Document digest
- af8c8ddc1a482983207b85ece691d71003b89a651fda13e023ac537f90414549
05 Affected products
VendorProductVersionsPlatforms
06 References
- oval.cisecurity.orgoval:org.mitre.oval:def:15598https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A15598
- www.securityfocus.com52867http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/52867
- www.us-cert.govTA12-101Ahttp://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA12-101A.html
- www.securitytracker.com1026911http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1026911
- secunia.com48723http://secunia.com/advisories/48723
- www.securitytracker.com1026910http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1026910
- osvdb.org81134http://osvdb.org/81134
- docs.microsoft.comMS12-028https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2012/ms12-028