CVE-2012-0159: Microsoft Office

High severity, CVSS 9.3. EPSS: 27% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

Microsoft Windows XP SP2 and SP3, Windows Server 2003 SP2, Windows Vista SP2, Windows Server 2008 SP2, R2, and R2 SP1, Windows 7 Gold and SP1, and Windows 8 Consumer Preview; Office 2003 SP3, 2007 SP2 and SP3, and 2010 Gold and SP1; Silverlight 4 before 4.1.10329; and Silverlight 5 before 5.1.10411 allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted TrueType font (TTF) file, aka "TrueType Font Parsing Vulnerability."

Affected products

• Microsoft Office: version 2003 only; version 2007 only; version 2010 only
• Microsoft Silverlight: version 4.0.50401.0 only; version 4.0.50524.00 only; version 4.0.50826.0 only; version 4.0.50917.0 only; version 4.0.51204.0 only; version 4.0.60129.0 only; …
• Microsoft Windows 7: any version; affected versions not specified
• Microsoft Windows 8: version consumer_preview only
• Microsoft Windows Server 2008: any version; version r2 only
• Microsoft Windows Vista: affected versions not specified
• Microsoft Windows XP: any version

Published 2012-05-09. Last modified 2026-06-16.