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; Office 2003 SP3, 2007 SP2 and SP3, and 2010 Gold and SP1; Silverlight 4 before 4.1.10329; and Silverlight 5 before 5.1.10411 allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted TrueType font (TTF) file, aka "TrueType Font Parsing Vulnerability."
CVE-2012-0159 is a security vulnerability that . Impacting 7 products from microsoft, from microsoft, from microsoft and 4 others, organizations running these solutions should prioritize assessment and patching.
Documented in 2012, this vulnerability occurred amid the cloud computing expansion era, where traditional network perimeter security models were being reevaluated. Organizations were transitioning from isolated infrastructure to interconnected systems, creating new attack surfaces that vulnerabilities like this could exploit.
2012-05-09T00:55:01.380
2025-04-11T00:51:21.963
Deferred
CVSSv2: 9.3 (HIGH)
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
8.6
10.0
| Type | Vendor | Product | Version/Range | Vulnerable? |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Application | microsoft | office | 2003 | Yes |
| Application | microsoft | office | 2007 | Yes |
| Application | microsoft | office | 2007 | Yes |
| Application | microsoft | office | 2010 | Yes |
| Application | microsoft | office | 2010 | Yes |
| Operating System | microsoft | windows_7 | * | Yes |
| Operating System | microsoft | windows_7 | - | Yes |
| Operating System | microsoft | windows_7 | - | Yes |
| Operating System | microsoft | windows_8 | consumer_preview | Yes |
| Operating System | microsoft | windows_server_2008 | * | Yes |
| Operating System | microsoft | windows_server_2008 | r2 | Yes |
| Operating System | microsoft | windows_server_2008 | r2 | Yes |
| Operating System | microsoft | windows_vista | - | Yes |
| Operating System | microsoft | windows_xp | * | Yes |
| Operating System | microsoft | windows_xp | * | Yes |
| Application | microsoft | silverlight | 4.0.50401.0 | Yes |
| Application | microsoft | silverlight | 4.0.50524.00 | Yes |
| Application | microsoft | silverlight | 4.0.50826.0 | Yes |
| Application | microsoft | silverlight | 4.0.50917.0 | Yes |
| Application | microsoft | silverlight | 4.0.51204.0 | Yes |
| Application | microsoft | silverlight | 4.0.60129.0 | Yes |
| Application | microsoft | silverlight | 4.0.60310.0 | Yes |
| Application | microsoft | silverlight | 4.0.60531.0 | Yes |
| Application | microsoft | silverlight | 4.0.60831.0 | Yes |
| Application | microsoft | silverlight | 4.1.10111.0 | Yes |
| Application | microsoft | silverlight | 5.0.60401.0 | Yes |
| Application | microsoft | silverlight | 5.0.60818.0 | Yes |
| Application | microsoft | silverlight | 5.0.61118.0 | Yes |
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