CVE-2012-1889
Microsoft XML Core Services 3.0, 4.0, 5.0, and 6.0 accesses uninitialized memory locations, which allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (memory corruption) via a crafted web site.
Key facts
- CVSS score
- 8.8 (v3.1)
- Severity
- HIGH
- CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H- Weakness (CWE)
- CWE-787
- EPSS score
- 83.5% (100th percentile)
- In CISA KEV
- Yes, added June 8, 2022
- In EU EUVD
- Yes (EUVD-2012-1899)
- Published
- June 13, 2012
- NVD last modified
- June 16, 2026
- Status
- Analyzed
CISA Known Exploited Vulnerability
Microsoft XML Core Services Memory Corruption Vulnerability
Added to the KEV catalog on June 8, 2022; federal remediation due June 22, 2022.
EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)
This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2012-1899 in the EU Vulnerability Database. ENISA flags it as known exploited. Last updated in EUVD on October 22, 2025.
View on the EU Vulnerability DatabaseAffected products
- microsoft / expression web
- microsoft / expression web
- microsoft / groove
- microsoft / groove
- microsoft / groove server
- microsoft / groove server
- microsoft / office
- microsoft / office
- microsoft / office
- microsoft / office compatibility pack
- microsoft / office compatibility pack
- microsoft / office word viewer
- microsoft / sharepoint server
- microsoft / sharepoint server
- microsoft / windows 7
- microsoft / windows 7
- microsoft / windows 8
- microsoft / windows server 2003
- microsoft / windows server 2003
- microsoft / windows server 2008
- microsoft / windows server 2008
- microsoft / windows server 2008
- microsoft / windows server 2012
- microsoft / windows vista
- microsoft / windows xp
- microsoft / xml core services
- microsoft / xml core services
- microsoft / xml core services
- microsoft / xml core services
References
- http://technet.microsoft.com/security/advisory/2719615(Vendor Advisory)
- http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA12-174A.html(Third Party Advisory, US Government Resource)
- http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA12-192A.html(Third Party Advisory, US Government Resource)
- https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2012/ms12-043(Patch, Vendor Advisory)
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A15195(Broken Link)
- https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2012-1889(US Government Resource)
Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS
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