How severe is CVE-2012-0151?

CVE-2012-0151 has a CVSS 3.1 base score of 7.8 (HIGH). EPSS estimates a 87.7% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days. It is listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog.

CVE-2012-0151: Microsoft Windows Authenticode Signature Verification

CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities

Microsoft Windows Authenticode Signature Verification Remote Code Execution Vulnerability is confirmed as actively exploited and is listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

Added to KEV

2022-06-08

Remediation due

2022-06-22

Required action
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CISA notes
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2012-0151

Description

The Authenticode Signature Verification function in Microsoft Windows XP SP2 and SP3, Windows Server 2003 SP2, Windows Vista SP2, Windows Server 2008 SP2, R2, and R2 SP1, Windows 7 Gold and SP1, and Windows 8 Consumer Preview does not properly validate the digest of a signed portable executable (PE) file, which allows user-assisted remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a modified file with additional content, aka "WinVerifyTrust Signature Validation Vulnerability."

Severity

CVSS 3.1 · CISA7.8 HIGH

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

SSVC · CISA-ADP

Exploitationactive

Automatableno

Technical impacttotal

Exploitation Context

as of October 13, 2026

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CISA added CVE-2012-0151 to the KEV catalog 3,711 days after its CVE record was published.
It is one of 390 Microsoft entries in the CISA KEV catalog, and one of 166 added in 2022.
Its current EPSS score (87.7%) is higher than that of 70% of CISA KEV entries.

Affected Products

Vendor	Product	Affected versions
-	-	n/a

References

6 Links

Vendor advisories

MS12-024

Third-party advisories

Vulnerability databases

Record Details

Published

2012-04-10

Last updated

2025-10-22

Assigner (CNA)

microsoft

Credited to

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