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CVE-2012-0020

Microsoft Visio Viewer 2010 Gold and SP1 does not properly handle memory during the parsing of...

9.3 High

Microsoft Visio Viewer 2010 Gold and SP1 does not properly handle memory during the parsing of files, which allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via crafted attributes in a Visio file, aka "VSD File Format Memory Corruption Vulnerability," a different vulnerability than CVE-2012-0019, CVE-2012-0136, CVE-2012-0137, and CVE-2012-0138.

Exploit likelihood

20.0%Down 29.7 points since Feb 4, 2022
90%50%10%1%

What each source reports

NVD Score used 9.3

Microsoft Visio Viewer 2010 Gold and SP1 does not properly handle memory during the parsing of files, which allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via crafted attributes in a Visio file, aka "VSD File Format Memory Corruption Vulnerability," a different vulnerability than CVE-2012-0019, CVE-2012-0136, CVE-2012-0137, and CVE-2012-0138.

Record
CVE-2012-0020
CVSS 2.0
9.3 HighAV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
Weakness
CWE-94
Updated
2026-11-02
CVE List No score

Microsoft Visio Viewer 2010 Gold and SP1 does not properly handle memory during the parsing of files, which allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via crafted attributes in a Visio file, aka "VSD File Format Memory Corruption Vulnerability," a different vulnerability than CVE-2012-0019, CVE-2012-0136, CVE-2012-0137, and CVE-2012-0138.

Record
CVE-2012-0020
Updated
2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2012-0061 No score

Microsoft Visio Viewer 2010 Gold and SP1 does not properly handle memory during the parsing of files, which allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via crafted attributes in a Visio file, aka "VSD File Format Memory Corruption Vulnerability," a different vulnerability than CVE-2012-0019, CVE-2012-0136, CVE-2012-0137, and CVE-2012-0138.

Record
EUVD-2012-0061
Updated
2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-8g7q-wq2r-7xqc No score

Microsoft Visio Viewer 2010 Gold and SP1 does not properly handle memory during the parsing of...

Microsoft Visio Viewer 2010 Gold and SP1 does not properly handle memory during the parsing of files, which allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via crafted attributes in a Visio file, aka "VSD File Format Memory Corruption Vulnerability," a different vulnerability than CVE-2012-0019, CVE-2012-0136, CVE-2012-0137, and CVE-2012-0138.

Record
GHSA-8g7q-wq2r-7xqc
Weakness
CWE-94
Updated
2026-11-02

Affected products

History

History
RecordedChangedSources
aliasesEUVD
first indexedCVE List, GitHub Advisories, NVD

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In short

CVE-2012-0020 is a high vulnerability (CVSS 9.3) in Microsoft Visio Viewer, published February 14, 2012. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 20.0%, the 97th percentile. No source names a fixed version.

References

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