CVE-2012-0018

Severity: critical (CVSS 9.3 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 25.1% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2012-05-09 · updated 2026-06-16
Weakness: CWE-20

Description

Microsoft Visio Viewer 2010 Gold and SP1 does not properly validate attributes in Visio files, which allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted file, aka "VSD File Format Memory Corruption Vulnerability."

Affected products

Microsoft Visio Viewer: 2010, 2010-sp1

References

http://osvdb.org/81731
http://secunia.com/advisories/49113
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/53328
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1027042
http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA12-129A.html
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2012/ms12-031
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/75115
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A15606
http://osvdb.org/81731
http://secunia.com/advisories/49113
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/53328
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1027042

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