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CVE-2012-0158

High 8.8 Exploited in the wild (KEV) Used in ransomware campaigns

Confirmed active exploitation — CISA KEV catalog

Name
Microsoft MSCOMCTL.OCX Remote Code Execution Vulnerability
Added to catalog
Remediation due date (US federal)
Required action
Apply updates per vendor instructions.

Description

The (1) ListView, (2) ListView2, (3) TreeView, and (4) TreeView2 ActiveX controls in MSCOMCTL.OCX in the Common Controls in Microsoft Office 2003 SP3, 2007 SP2 and SP3, and 2010 Gold and SP1; Office 2003 Web Components SP3; SQL Server 2000 SP4, 2005 SP4, and 2008 SP2, SP3, and R2; BizTalk Server 2002 SP1; Commerce Server 2002 SP4, 2007 SP2, and 2009 Gold and R2; Visual FoxPro 8.0 SP1 and 9.0 SP2; and Visual Basic 6.0 Runtime allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted (a) web site, (b) Office document, or (c) .rtf file that triggers "system state" corruption, as exploited in the wild in April 2012, aka "MSCOMCTL.OCX RCE Vulnerability."

Metrics

CVSS 3.1
8.8 (HIGH) Score source: NVD CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
EPSS — exploit probability
100% (percentile: 100) as of 1 November 2026
CWE
CWE-94

Affected products

microsoft: office; microsoft: office web components; microsoft: sql server 2000; microsoft: sql server 2005; microsoft: sql server 2008; microsoft: biztalk server; microsoft: commerce server; microsoft: commerce server 2009; microsoft: visual basic; microsoft: visual foxpro

References