01 Record

CVE-2012-2543

Stack-based buffer overflow in Microsoft Excel 2007 SP2 and SP3 and 2010 SP1; Office 2011 for Mac; Excel Viewer; and Office Compatibility Pack SP2 and SP3 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary

UnratedPUBLISHEDCNA: microsoft

CNA base scoreUnratedNo CNA CVSS vector

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02 Description

Stack-based buffer overflow in Microsoft Excel 2007 SP2 and SP3 and 2010 SP1; Office 2011 for Mac; Excel Viewer; and Office Compatibility Pack SP2 and SP3 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary

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: 26.20% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
EPSS percentile: Equal to or higher than the score of 97.8% 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

2012-11-14 00:00Z13 YR AGO

Last updated

2024-08-06 19:34Z2 YR AGO

Reserved

2012-05-09

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

710a94b2c5bf14987ca6da69d84816c629878960b1a4b14dfedb8561169be2de

05 Affected products

VendorProductVersionsPlatforms

microsoftexcelNot specified—

microsoftexcel_viewerNot specified—

microsoftofficeNot specified—

microsoftoffice_compatibility_packNot specified—

06 References

www.securityfocus.com56431http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/56431vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
oval.cisecurity.orgoval:org.mitre.oval:def:15908https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A15908vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVAL
docs.microsoft.comMS12-076https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2012/ms12-076vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MS
oval.cisecurity.orgoval:org.mitre.oval:def:15737https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A15737vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVAL
www.us-cert.govTA12-318Ahttp://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA12-318A.htmlthird-party-advisoryx_refsource_CERT
www.securitytracker.com1027752http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1027752vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACK