CVE-2012-0167 Memory corruption in n/a

What is CVE-2012-0167?

CVE-2012-0167 is a critical memory corruption vulnerability in Microsoft Office, published on 9 May 2012. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.

Official 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."

Weakness: CWE-20

Which versions are affected by CVE-2012-0167?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Microsoft Office.

How do I fix CVE-2012-0167?

No fix has been published for CVE-2012-0167 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

Upgrade to the fixed version. Memory-safe languages, compiler hardening and fuzzing prevent most new cases. More about Memory corruption.

Is CVE-2012-0167 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2012-0167 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Other vulnerabilities in Microsoft Office

• CVE-2018-0798 Microsoft Office Memory Corruption Exploited High 8.8
• CVE-2015-1770 Microsoft Office Uninitialized Memory Use Exploited High 8.8
• CVE-2006-2492 Microsoft Word Malformed Object Pointer Exploited High 8.8
• CVE-2018-0802 Microsoft Office Memory Corruption Exploited High 7.8
• CVE-2017-11882 Microsoft Office Memory Corruption Exploited High 7.8

All Microsoft Office vulnerabilities

Sources

• CVE record
• NVD
• OSV
• GitHub advisory
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Also known as GHSA-8v2x-wq4g-x3vj.