Live › vulnerability › CVE-2012-1856
Go to dashboardMicrosoft Office's MSCOMCTL.OCX Common Controls library has a flaw in the TabStrip ActiveX control that corrupts system state when a crafted document or web page is opened. An attacker who gets a user to open such a file or page can run arbitrary code on that machine.
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First seen by InfraStack 2026-10-23 19:11 UTC, 3h before NVD. All times on this page are UTC.
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| Product | Ecosystem | Affected | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|---|
| Microsoft Office | vendor | – | – |
Unknown from the sources.
Apply the Microsoft updates for Office and Windows that address MSCOMCTL.OCX, per vendor instructions (CISA KEV required action).
Each row is the first time that source carried this signal. The analyst’s rows are its own findings.
The TabStrip ActiveX control in the Common Controls in MSCOMCTL.OCX in Microsoft Office 2003 SP3, Office 2003 Web Components SP3, Office 2007 SP2 and SP3, Office 2010 SP1, SQL Server 2000 SP4, SQL Server 2005 SP4, SQL Server 2008 SP2, SP3, R2, R2 SP1, and R2 SP2, Commerce Server 2002 SP4, Commerce Server 2007 SP2, Commerce Server 2009 Gold and R2, Host Integration Server 2004 SP1, Visual FoxPro 8.0 SP1, Visual FoxPro 9.0 SP2, and Visual Basic 6.0 Runtime allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted (1) document or (2) web page that triggers system-state corruption, aka "MSCOMCTL.OCX RCE Vulnerability."
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