CVE-2012-0182: Microsoft Word

High severity, CVSS 9.3. EPSS: 68.3% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

Microsoft Word 2007 SP2 and SP3 does not properly handle memory during the parsing of Word documents, which allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted document, aka "Word PAPX Section Corruption Vulnerability."

Affected products

• Microsoft Word: version 2007 only

Published 2012-10-09. Last modified 2026-06-16.