CVE-2012-2550
Microsoft Works 9 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (heap memory corruption) via a crafted Word .doc file, aka "Works Heap Vulnerability."
Does this matter?
EPSS puts the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days at 22.2%, higher than 98% of all known CVEs. Patch or mitigate before the next change window.
Description
Microsoft Works 9 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (heap memory corruption) via a crafted Word .doc file, aka "Works Heap Vulnerability."
- CVSS 2.0
- 9.3 HIGHAV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
- EPSS
- 22.17% probability · 98th percentile
- Public exploits
- None in Exploit-DB
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-119
- Affected
- microsoft/works
- Source
- secure@microsoft.com
EPSS 22.2% since 4 November 2026; no change recorded yet. The dashed line is the ten per cent mark our analysts treat as “patch before the next change window”. Points are recorded when the score first appears and whenever it moves by a percentage point or more.
References
- http://secunia.com/advisories/50844
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/55796
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1027621
- http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA12-283A.htmlUS Government Resource
- https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2012/ms12-065
- http://secunia.com/advisories/50844
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/55796
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1027621
- http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA12-283A.htmlUS Government Resource
- https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2012/ms12-065
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA, exploits from Exploit-DB. Refreshed daily. Download this record as JSON.