CVE-2012-0158: Microsoft MSCOMCTL.OCX Remote Code Execution Vulnerability

High severity, CVSS 8.8. Actively exploited: in CISA KEV since 2021-11-03. EPSS: 100% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

The (1) ListView, (2) ListView2, (3) TreeView, and (4) TreeView2 ActiveX controls in MSCOMCTL.OCX in the Common Controls in Microsoft Office 2003 SP3, 2007 SP2 and SP3, and 2010 Gold and SP1; Office 2003 Web Components SP3; SQL Server 2000 SP4, 2005 SP4, and 2008 SP2, SP3, and R2; BizTalk Server 2002 SP1; Commerce Server 2002 SP4, 2007 SP2, and 2009 Gold and R2; Visual FoxPro 8.0 SP1 and 9.0 SP2; and Visual Basic 6.0 Runtime allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted (a) web site, (b) Office document, or (c) .rtf file that triggers "system state" corruption, as exploited in the wild in April 2012, aka "MSCOMCTL.OCX RCE Vulnerability."

Affected products

• Microsoft Biztalk Server: version 2002 only
• Microsoft Commerce Server: version 2002 only; version 2007 only
• Microsoft Commerce Server 2009: affected versions not specified; version r2 only
• Microsoft Office: version 2003 only; version 2007 only; version 2010 only
• Microsoft Office Web Components: version 2003 only
• Microsoft SQL Server 2000: affected versions not specified
• Microsoft SQL Server 2005: affected versions not specified
• Microsoft SQL Server 2008: affected versions not specified; version r2 only
• Microsoft Visual Basic: version 6.0 only
• Microsoft Visual Foxpro: version 8.0 only; version 9.0 only

Published 2012-04-10. Last modified 2026-06-16.