Code Injection in Visio Viewer - CVE-2012-0019
Published: February 15, 2012 / Updated: October 5, 2021
Vulnerability identifier: #VU44291
CSH Severity: High
CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:A/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:A/U:Amber
CVE-ID: CVE-2012-0019
CWE-ID: CWE-94
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
The vulnerability is being exploited in the wild
Vendor: Microsoft
Affected software:
Visio Viewer
Visio Viewer
Detailed vulnerability description
The vulnerability allows a remote non-authenticated attacker to execute arbitrary code.
Microsoft Visio Viewer 2010 Gold and SP1 does not properly handle memory during the parsing of files, which allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via crafted attributes in a Visio file, aka "VSD File Format Memory Corruption Vulnerability," a different vulnerability than CVE-2012-0020, CVE-2012-0136, CVE-2012-0137, and CVE-2012-0138.
How to mitigate CVE-2012-0019
Install update from vendor's website.