CVE-2012-2524 (GCVE-0-2012-2524)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2012-08-15 01:00
Modified
2026-10-09 19:06
Severity ?
CWE
  • n/a
Summary
Microsoft Office 2007 SP2 and SP3 and 2010 SP1 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (memory corruption) via a crafted Computer Graphics Metafile (CGM) file, aka "CGM File Format Memory Corruption Vulnerability."
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