CVE•Published 2012-08-15•Modified 2026-10-09•1 article on news•3 live references•NVD data
CVE-2012-2524Microsoft · Office
Vulnerability data via NVD (ingested)
CVSS v3.1
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EPSS percentile
97
Exploit Prediction Scoring System · top 3% of all CVEs
Description
Microsoft Office 2007 SP2 and SP3 and 2010 SP1 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (memory corruption) via a crafted Computer Graphics Metafile (CGM) file, aka "CGM File Format Memory Corruption Vulnerability."
Timeline
Published 2012-08-15
Modified 2026-10-09
External references
Search for exposed instances
Shodan + Censys queries derived from NVD's CPE data. The vuln tag catches assets Shodan has explicitly linked to this CVE; the product / banner fingerprints find exposed instances even when the vuln tag was never applied (which is common).
Shodan · vuln tag0 hosts
vuln:CVE-2012-2524Hosts Shodan has explicitly fingerprinted as vulnerable.
Shodan · product + version
product:"Microsoft Office" version:"2007"Version-pinned fingerprint from NVD's first vulnerable CPE.
Shodan · banner/body mention
http.html:"Office"HTTP body or banner mentions "Office" — catches deploys Shodan didn't identify as a product.
More intel sources (5)
Shodan report
vuln:CVE-2012-2524Country / ASN / product breakdown for the vuln query.
Censys
vulnerabilities.cve_id: CVE-2012-2524Censys host search filtered to this CVE id.
grep.app
CVE-2012-2524Public source-code mentions — fast PoC discovery.
GitHub code
CVE-2012-2524GitHub code search for direct mentions.
Google dork
"CVE-2012-2524" exploit -site:nvd.nist.govWrite-ups and news, NVD excluded.