CVE-2025-53740 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Use after free in Microsoft Office allows an unauthorized attacker to execute code locally.

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Local

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact High

Integrity Impact High

Availability Impact High

User Interaction None

No CVSS v3.0

No CVSS v2

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

Exploitation none

Automatable no

Technical Impact total

Vendors	Products
Microsoft	365 365 Apps Office Office 2016 Office 2019 Office 2021 Office 2024 Office 365 Office For Mac

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References

Link	Providers
https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2025-53740

History

Thu, 14 Aug 2025 06:30:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
First Time appeared		Microsoft Microsoft 365 Microsoft 365 Apps Microsoft office Microsoft office 2016 Microsoft office 2019 Microsoft office 2021 Microsoft office 2024 Microsoft office 365 Microsoft office For Mac
Vendors & Products		Microsoft Microsoft 365 Microsoft 365 Apps Microsoft office Microsoft office 2016 Microsoft office 2019 Microsoft office 2021 Microsoft office 2024 Microsoft office 365 Microsoft office For Mac

Tue, 12 Aug 2025 20:15:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Metrics		ssvc `{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'total'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}`

Tue, 12 Aug 2025 17:30:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Description		Use after free in Microsoft Office allows an unauthorized attacker to execute code locally.
Title		Microsoft Office Remote Code Execution Vulnerability
Weaknesses		CWE-416
References		https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2025-53740
Metrics		cvssV3_1 `{'score': 8.4, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H/E:U/RL:O/RC:C'}`

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: microsoft

Published: 2025-08-12T17:10:36.557Z

Updated: 2025-08-13T15:43:42.707Z

Reserved: 2025-07-09T03:10:34.740Z

Link: CVE-2025-53740

Vulnrichment

Updated: 2025-08-12T19:57:51.107Z

NVD

Status : Awaiting Analysis

Published: 2025-08-12T18:15:44.400

Modified: 2025-08-13T17:33:46.673

Link: CVE-2025-53740

Redhat

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