CVE-2012-0158

HighPublished

Microsoft MSCOMCTL.OCX Remote Code Execution Vulnerability

Published: Apr 10, 2012
Updated: Oct 22, 2025
Assigning CNA: microsoft
Evidence observed: Apr 25, 2012

Primary CVSS

8.8/ 10High

nvd · CVSS 3.1

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

EPSS probability estimate

100.0%

High · next 30 days

Percentile: 100.0%
Model date: Sep 21, 2026

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CISA Known Exploited

This CVE appears in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog.

Summary

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."

Sources

Exploit-Win32.CVE-2012-0158.F.docExploit
the name of virus is the detection of microsoft defender, is the tipic antivirus
CVE-2012-0158-reproductionPoC
CVE-2012-0158复现
Microsoft Windows - MSCOMCTL ActiveX Buffer Overflow (MS12-027) (Metasploit)Exploit
Metasploit · windows · Apr 25, 2012

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