March 28, 2022 · Applied Cybernetics Group
CVE-2012-2539 — Microsoft Word
Microsoft Word Remote Code Execution Vulnerability
- Added to KEV
2022-03-28- Federal due date
2022-04-18- Vendor
- Microsoft
- Product
- Word
- EPSS
- 98.9th percentile (score 0.532, as of
2026-07-13) - NVD CVSS v3.1
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- Ransomware use
- Unknown
- Upstream
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2012-2539
CISA short description
Microsoft Word allows attackers to execute remote code or cause a denial-of-service (DoS) via crafted RTF data.
Required action
Apply updates per vendor instructions.