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CVE-2012-0167

• Severity: critical (CVSS 9.3 v2.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 29.2% 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

Heap-based buffer overflow in the Office GDI+ library in Microsoft Office 2003 SP3 and 2007 SP2 and SP3 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted EMF image in an Office document, aka "GDI+ Heap Overflow Vulnerability."

Affected products

• Microsoft Office: 2003-sp3, 2007-sp2, 2007-sp3

References

• http://secunia.com/advisories/49121
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/53351
• http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1027038
• http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA12-129A.html
• https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2012/ms12-034
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/75126
• https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A15628
• http://secunia.com/advisories/49121
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/53351
• http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1027038
• http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA12-129A.html
• https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2012/ms12-034

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