CVE-2012-0159 - CVE House
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Status published Critical CVE-2012-0159

Microsoft Windows XP SP2 and SP3, Windows Server 2003 SP2,...

Vulnerability Description

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."

Impact Analysis

Refer to official advisory for detailed impact metrics.

Remediation

Ensure systems are updated to the latest vendor-supplied patch levels.

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Credits & Attribution

No credits recorded in the NVD database.

Affected Vendor

Affected Software

office, windows 7, windows 8, windows server 2008, windows vista, windows xp, silverlight
Vulnerable Versions:
2003, 2007, 2010, consumer_preview, r2, 4.0.50401.0, 4.0.50524.00, 4.0.50826.0, 4.0.50917.0, 4.0.51204.0, 4.0.60129.0, 4.0.60310.0, 4.0.60531.0, 4.0.60831.0, 4.1.10111.0, 5.0.60401.0, 5.0.60818.0, 5.0.61118.0

Timeline

Official Publish: May 9th, 2012
Last Modified: August 6th, 2024
Added to House: July 19th, 2026

CVSS Vectors

Weaknesses (CWE)

No CWE data available

MITRE ATT&CK TTPs

No associated TTPs found for this vulnerability.