How severe is CVE-2012-1889?

CVE-2012-1889 has a CVSS 3.1 base score of 8.8 (HIGH). EPSS estimates a 83.5% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days. It is listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog.

CVE-2012-1889: Microsoft XML Core Services Memory Corruption

CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities

Microsoft XML Core Services Memory Corruption 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
Apply updates per vendor instructions.

CISA notes
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2012-1889

Description

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.

Severity

CVSS 3.1 · CISA8.8 HIGH

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

SSVC · CISA-ADP

Exploitationactive

Automatableno

Technical impacttotal

Affected Products

Vendor	Product	Affected versions
-	-	n/a

References

5 Links

Vendor advisories

MS12-043

Third-party advisories

Vulnerability databases

oval:org.mitre.oval:def:15195

Other references

http://technet.microsoft.com/security/advisory/2719615

Record Details

Published

2012-06-13

Last updated

2025-10-22

Assigner (CNA)

microsoft

Credited to

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