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CVE-2012-0159

• Severity: critical (CVSS 9.3 v2.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 27.0% 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-399

Description

Microsoft Windows XP SP2 and SP3, Windows Server 2003 SP2, Windows Vista SP2, Windows Server 2008 SP2, R2, and R2 SP1, Windows 7 Gold and SP1, and Windows 8 Consumer Preview; Office 2003 SP3, 2007 SP2 and SP3, and 2010 Gold and SP1; Silverlight 4 before 4.1.10329; and Silverlight 5 before 5.1.10411 allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted TrueType font (TTF) file, aka "TrueType Font Parsing Vulnerability."

Affected products

• Microsoft Office: 2003-sp3, 2007-sp2, 2007-sp3, 2010, 2010-sp1
• Microsoft Silverlight: 4.0.50401.0, 4.0.50524.00, 4.0.50826.0, 4.0.50917.0, 4.0.51204.0, 4.0.60129.0 (+7)
• Microsoft Windows 7: all versions
• Microsoft Windows 8: consumer_preview
• Microsoft Windows Server 2008: r2, r2-sp1
• Microsoft Windows Vista: all versions
• Microsoft Windows XP Service Pack 3: all versions

References

• http://secunia.com/advisories/49121
• http://secunia.com/advisories/49122
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/53335
• http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1027039
• http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA12-129A.html
• http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA12-164A.html
• https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2012/ms12-034
• https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2012/ms12-039
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/75124
• https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A15388
• https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A15667
• http://secunia.com/advisories/49121

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