{"id":"CVE-2012-1851","url":"https://www.cyber-defence.io/tools/cve/CVE-2012-1851","generatedAt":"2026-11-05T08:12:37.333Z","title":"Format string vulnerability in the Print Spooler service in Microsoft Windows XP SP2 and SP3, Windows Server 2003 SP2, Windows Vista SP2, Windows Server 2008 SP2, R2, and R2 SP1, and Windows 7 Gold and SP1 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary…","description":"Format string vulnerability in the Print Spooler service in Microsoft Windows XP SP2 and SP3, Windows Server 2003 SP2, Windows Vista SP2, Windows Server 2008 SP2, R2, and R2 SP1, and Windows 7 Gold and SP1 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted response, aka \"Print Spooler Service Format String Vulnerability.\"","published":"2012-08-15T01:55:01.000Z","lastModified":"2026-06-16T23:40:26.000Z","status":"Modified","sourceIdentifier":"secure@microsoft.com","cvss":{"version":"2.0","score":10,"severity":"HIGH","vector":"AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C"},"cwe":["CWE-134"],"affected":["microsoft/windows 7","microsoft/windows server 2003","microsoft/windows server 2008","microsoft/windows vista","microsoft/windows xp"],"epss":{"score":0.65624,"percentile":0.99267,"date":"2026-11-04","history":[]},"kev":{"listed":false},"exploits":{"count":0,"verified":false,"firstPublished":null,"source":"Exploit-DB (https://gitlab.com/exploit-database/exploitdb)","entries":[]},"verdict":{"level":"urgent","text":"EPSS puts the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days at 65.6%, higher than 99% of all known CVEs. Patch or mitigate before the next change window."},"changes":[],"references":[{"url":"http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA12-227A.html","tags":["US Government Resource"],"source":"secure@microsoft.com"},{"url":"https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2012/ms12-054","source":"secure@microsoft.com"},{"url":"https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A15531","source":"secure@microsoft.com"},{"url":"http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA12-227A.html","tags":["US Government Resource"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2012/ms12-054","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A15531","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"}],"sources":{"nvd":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2012-1851","epss":"https://www.first.org/epss/","kev":"https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","exploitdb":"https://www.exploit-db.com/"},"licence":"CC BY 4.0 — link back to the CVE Explorer if you publish the results; upstream data remains subject to its own terms."}