What is CVE-2012-4900?

CVE-2012-4900 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Corel Wordperfect Office X6, classified under Out-of-bounds Write. CVSS score: 5.5/10. Published 2020-01-23.

How severe is CVE-2012-4900?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.5 out of 10.

Buffer overflow in Corel Wordperfect Office X6

CVE-2012-4900

Corel WordPerfect Office X6 16.0.0.388 has a DoS Vulnerability via untrusted pointer dereference

Vulnerability class: Buffer Overflow

Published 2020-01-23 · last modified 2026-06-16.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 5.5 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.021 (80.7th percentile), scored 2026-09-28.

Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 81st percentile — 80.7% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.021 · newest: 0.021 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Corel Wordperfect Office X6 — versions 16.0.0.388, 16.0.0.429

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-787 — Out-of-bounds Write

References

www.securityfocus.com/bid/58384 (VDB Entry, Third Party Advisory)
www.securitytracker.com/id/1028257 (VDB Entry, Third Party Advisory)
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/82674 (VDB Entry, Third Party Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2012-4900?: CVE-2012-4900 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Corel Wordperfect Office X6, classified under Out-of-bounds Write. CVSS score: 5.5/10. Published 2020-01-23.
How severe is CVE-2012-4900?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.5 out of 10.