CVE-2012-1856
Microsoft Office MSCOMCTL.OCX Remote Code Execution Vulnerability
IN CISA KEV
The TabStrip ActiveX control in the Common Controls in MSCOMCTL.OCX in Microsoft Office allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted (1) document or (2) web page that triggers system-state corruption.
- Vendor
- Microsoft
- Product
- Office
- CVSS
- No score recorded (no NVD record loaded for this entry)
- CWE
- CWE-94
- Published
- Not recorded
- NVD modified
- Not recorded
CISA KEV
- Date added
- 2022-03-03
- Due date
- 2022-03-24
- Ransomware use
- Unknown
- Required action
- Apply updates per vendor instructions.
EPSS
72.0% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days (percentile 99th)
FIRST EPSS, updated 17 Oct 2026. About EPSS
CVSS is severity, EPSS is likelihood, KEV means already exploited. EPSS is a statistical probability, not a certainty: a low score does not make a bug safe, and a high one does not prove it is being exploited.
Data last updated 18 Oct 2026. Sources: NVD API 2.0, CISA KEV catalog, FIRST EPSS. Links: NVD, CISA KEV. Metadata only. ThreatWire does not host exploit code.