{"answers":{"affected":"It affects 7 products.","exploited":"Yes. Attackers have exploited CVE-2012-1856 in the wild since at least 3 Mar 2022.","fix":"No fix has been published for CVE-2012-1856 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available. US federal agencies must fix it by 24 Mar 2022.","what":"CVE-2012-1856 is a high-severity memory corruption vulnerability in Microsoft Office, published on 15 Aug 2012. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link."},"fix_prompt":"Check this codebase for CVE-2012-1856 and fix it if it is affected.\n\nWhat it is: CVE-2012-1856 is a high-severity memory corruption vulnerability in Microsoft Office, published on 15 Aug 2012. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.\nExploitation: Yes. Attackers have exploited CVE-2012-1856 in the wild since at least 3 Mar 2022.\n\nAffected product: Microsoft Office. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.\n\nTask:\n1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.\n2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.\n3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.\n4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.\n5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.\n\nReference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2012-1856/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2012-1856/index.md)","id":"CVE-2012-1856","markdown":"https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2012-1856/index.md","name":"CVE-2012-1856","record":{"aliases":["GHSA-q2jx-rgv9-xm3x"],"analysis":{"component_type":"library","fix_type":"patch","impacts":["code_execution"],"network_reachable":"yes","non_default_config":false,"product_category":"Microsoft Common Controls","requires_auth":"none","summary":"Remote attackers can execute arbitrary code via crafted documents or web pages exploiting a memory corruption flaw in the MSCOMCTL.OCX ActiveX control.","user_interaction":"required","vuln_class":"memory_corruption"},"analysis_generated_by":"qwen3.8-flash-next","assigner":"microsoft","cpe":[{"product":"commerce_server","vendor":"microsoft"},{"product":"host_integration_server","vendor":"microsoft"},{"product":"office","vendor":"microsoft"},{"product":"office_web_components","vendor":"microsoft"},{"product":"sql_server","vendor":"microsoft"},{"product":"visual_basic","vendor":"microsoft"},{"product":"visual_foxpro","vendor":"microsoft"}],"cvss":{"score":8.8,"severity":"high","source":"cisa-adp","vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H","version":"3.1"},"cwes":[],"description":"The TabStrip ActiveX control in the Common Controls in MSCOMCTL.OCX in Microsoft Office 2003 SP3, Office 2003 Web Components SP3, Office 2007 SP2 and SP3, Office 2010 SP1, SQL Server 2000 SP4, SQL Server 2005 SP4, SQL Server 2008 SP2, SP3, R2, R2 SP1, and R2 SP2, Commerce Server 2002 SP4, Commerce Server 2007 SP2, Commerce Server 2009 Gold and R2, Host Integration Server 2004 SP1, Visual FoxPro 8.0 SP1, Visual FoxPro 9.0 SP2, and Visual Basic 6.0 Runtime allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted (1) document or (2) web page that triggers system-state corruption, aka \"MSCOMCTL.OCX RCE Vulnerability.\"","ecosystems":[],"exploits":{"exploitdb":0,"first_seen":null,"github_poc":0,"max_poc_stars":null,"metasploit":0,"nuclei":0,"refs":[],"tier":"exploited"},"has_fix":null,"headline":"Microsoft Office MSCOMCTL.OCX Remote Code Execution","id":"CVE-2012-1856","indexable":true,"kev":{"dateAdded":"2022-03-03","dueDate":"2022-03-24","knownRansomwareCampaignUse":"Unknown","product":"Office","requiredAction":"Apply updates per vendor instructions.","vendorProject":"Microsoft","vulnerabilityName":"Microsoft Office MSCOMCTL.OCX Remote Code Execution Vulnerability"},"kind":"cve","links":{"ecosystem":null,"product":"microsoft:office","products":["microsoft:office","microsoft:sql_server"],"type":"memory_corruption","year":"2012"},"n_packages":0,"n_references":4,"next":{"headline":"Cross-site scripting in n/a","id":"CVE-2012-1857"},"packages":[],"prev":{"headline":"Code injection in n/a","id":"CVE-2012-1855"},"products":["n/a"],"published":"2012-08-15","related":[{"cvss_score":7.5,"headline":"Auth bypass in n/a","id":"CVE-2006-1257","kev_date_added":null,"published":"2006-03-19"},{"cvss_score":7.5,"headline":"Command injection in n/a","id":"CVE-2002-0622","kev_date_added":null,"published":"2003-04-02"},{"cvss_score":7.5,"headline":"Memory corruption in n/a","id":"CVE-2002-0623","kev_date_added":null,"published":"2003-04-02"},{"cvss_score":7.5,"headline":"Memory corruption in n/a","id":"CVE-2002-0050","kev_date_added":null,"published":"2002-06-25"},{"cvss_score":5,"headline":"Memory corruption in n/a","id":"CVE-2002-0621","kev_date_added":null,"published":"2003-04-02"},{"cvss_score":5,"headline":"Memory corruption in n/a","id":"CVE-2002-0620","kev_date_added":null,"published":"2002-07-01"}],"sources":[{"class":"attribution","licence":"CVE Terms of Use (MITRE)","name":"CVE List","prefix":"CVE"},{"class":"attribution","licence":"US public information, NVD API terms","name":"NVD"},{"class":"open","licence":"CC0 1.0","name":"CISA KEV"},{"class":"attribution","licence":"FIRST CVSS licence","name":"CVSS (FIRST)"}],"ssvc":{"automatable":"no","exploitation":"active","technical_impact":"total"},"state":"PUBLISHED","updated":"2025-10-22","vendors":["n/a"]},"summary":"Remote attackers can execute arbitrary code via crafted documents or web pages exploiting a memory corruption flaw in the MSCOMCTL.OCX ActiveX control.","url":"https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2012-1856/"}