CVE-2012-1889

Exploitation

Exploited in the wild. Listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog on 2022-06-08. Federal remediation due 2022-06-22.

SSVC decision

• ExploitationactiveCISA reports credible evidence of active exploitation.
• AutomatablenoAt least one step from reconnaissance to exploitation cannot be reliably automated.
• Technical ImpacttotalSuccessful exploitation gives total control of the vulnerable component.

CISA publishes the decision points, not a final SSVC decision. The decision also depends on mission and well-being impact, which is a property of your deployment rather than of the vulnerability.

EPSS probability

83.51% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.

EPSS percentile

Equal to or higher than the score of 99.6% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.

NVD base score

8.8 (CVSS v3.x), scored by the NVD independently of the CNA.

NVD CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

NVD analysis status

Analyzed. 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.

Published

2012-06-13 01:00Z14 YR AGO

Last updated

2025-10-22 00:05Z1 YR AGO

Reserved

2012-03-22

Assigning CNA

microsoft

Record state

PUBLISHED

Severity

High (CVSS 8.8)

CNA CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Weaknesses

• CWE-787Out-of-bounds WriteBase

Data version

5.1

Document digest

16f4e63394977cbc2895b951b6fd2550fbcbc4ddc4f8bf63cdb0c7c75dded5a2

• www.us-cert.govTA12-192Ahttp://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA12-192A.htmlthird-party-advisoryx_refsource_CERT
• technet.microsoft.comhttp://technet.microsoft.com/security/advisory/2719615x_refsource_CONFIRM
• oval.cisecurity.orgoval:org.mitre.oval:def:15195https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A15195vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVAL
• docs.microsoft.comMS12-043https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2012/ms12-043vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MS
• www.us-cert.govTA12-174Ahttp://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA12-174A.htmlthird-party-advisoryx_refsource_CERT
• www.cisa.govhttps://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2012-1889government-resource