Description

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."

Metrics

CVSS 3.1 8.8/10CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Weakness enumeration

CWE-94

Affected software

Vendor	Product	Versions
n/a	n/a	n/a

References

http://opensources.info/comment-on-the-curious-case-of-a-cve-2012-0158-exploit-by-chris-pierce/Broken Link
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/52911Broken Link, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1026899Broken Link, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1026900Broken Link, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1026902Broken Link, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1026903Broken Link, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1026904Broken Link, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1026905Broken Link, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA12-101A.htmlThird Party Advisory, US Government Resource
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2012/ms12-027Patch, Vendor Advisory
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/74372Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A15462Broken Link
http://opensources.info/comment-on-the-curious-case-of-a-cve-2012-0158-exploit-by-chris-pierce/Broken Link
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/52911Broken Link, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1026899Broken Link, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1026900Broken Link, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1026902Broken Link, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1026903Broken Link, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1026904Broken Link, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1026905Broken Link, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA12-101A.htmlThird Party Advisory, US Government Resource
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2012/ms12-027Patch, Vendor Advisory
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/74372Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A15462Broken Link
https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2012-0158US Government Resource

Timeline

Published: Apr 10, 2012
Last modified: Jun 16, 2026
Added to CISA KEV: Nov 3, 2021
NVD status: Analyzed