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.
This vulnerability carries a HIGH severity rating with a CVSS v3.1 score of 8.8, indicating it can be exploited remotely over the network with relatively low complexity though user interaction is required and does not require pre-existing privileges . The vulnerability impacts confidentiality (data exposure), integrity (unauthorized modifications), and availability (service disruption) for affected systems. Impacting 15 products from microsoft, from microsoft, from microsoft and 12 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.
2012-06-13T04:46:46.190
2025-10-22T01:15:44.363
Deferred
CVSSv3.1: 8.8 (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 | xml_core_services | 3.0 | Yes |
| Application | microsoft | xml_core_services | 4.0 | Yes |
| Application | microsoft | xml_core_services | 6.0 | Yes |
| Operating System | microsoft | windows_7 | - | No |
| Operating System | microsoft | windows_7 | - | No |
| Operating System | microsoft | windows_8 | - | No |
| Operating System | microsoft | windows_server_2003 | - | No |
| Operating System | microsoft | windows_server_2003 | - | No |
| Operating System | microsoft | windows_server_2008 | - | No |
| Operating System | microsoft | windows_server_2008 | r2 | No |
| Operating System | microsoft | windows_server_2008 | r2 | No |
| Operating System | microsoft | windows_server_2012 | - | No |
| Operating System | microsoft | windows_vista | - | No |
| Operating System | microsoft | windows_xp | - | No |
| Application | microsoft | xml_core_services | 5.0 | Yes |
| Application | microsoft | expression_web | 2 | No |
| Application | microsoft | expression_web | sp1 | No |
| Application | microsoft | groove | 2007 | No |
| Application | microsoft | groove | 2007 | No |
| Application | microsoft | groove_server | 2007 | No |
| Application | microsoft | groove_server | 2007 | No |
| Application | microsoft | office | 2003 | No |
| Application | microsoft | office | 2007 | No |
| Application | microsoft | office | 2007 | No |
| Application | microsoft | office_compatibility_pack | - | No |
| Application | microsoft | office_compatibility_pack | - | No |
| Application | microsoft | office_word_viewer | - | No |
| Application | microsoft | sharepoint_server | 2007 | No |
| Application | microsoft | sharepoint_server | 2007 | No |
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