CVE-2012-0177: microsoft office

Vulnerability summary

CVE-2012-0177 is a high (CVSS 9.3) vulnerability in microsoft office. EPSS estimates a 30.05% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 98.2% of scored vulnerabilities.

Timeline

1. 10-04-2012
   PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
2. 06-08-2024
   Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

Heap-based buffer overflow in the Office Works File Converter in Microsoft Office 2007 SP2, Works 9, and Works 6-9 File Converter allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted Works (aka .wps) file, aka "Office WPS Converter Heap Overflow Vulnerability."

• CWE-119Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory BufferThe product performs operations on a memory buffer, but it reads from or writes to a memory location outside the buffer's intended boundary. This may result in read or write operations on unexpected memory locations that could be linked to other variables, data structures, or internal program data.