Critical severity9.8NVD Advisory· Published Jul 10, 2012· Updated Jun 16, 2026
CVE-2012-1891
CVE-2012-1891
Description
Heap-based buffer overflow in Microsoft Data Access Components (MDAC) 2.8 SP1 and SP2 and Windows Data Access Components (WDAC) 6.0 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via crafted XML data that triggers access to an uninitialized object in memory, aka "ADO Cachesize Heap Overflow RCE Vulnerability."
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Affected products
5cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:data_access_components:2.8:sp1:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 2 more
- cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:data_access_components:2.8:sp1:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:data_access_components:2.8:sp2:*:*:*:*:*:*
- (no CPE)range: 2.8 SP1 and SP2
cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:windows_data_access_components:6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 1 more
- cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:windows_data_access_components:6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- (no CPE)range: 6.0
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