CVE-2025-59221 (GCVE-0-2025-59221)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2025-10-14 17:01 – Updated: 2025-11-22 04:09
VLAI?
Summary
Use after free in Microsoft Office Word allows an unauthorized attacker to execute code locally.
Severity ?
7 (High)
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H/E:U/RL:O/RC:C
CWE
Assigner
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
Microsoft Microsoft SharePoint Enterprise Server 2016 Affected: 16.0.0 , < 16.0.5522.1000 (custom)
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    Microsoft Microsoft SharePoint Server 2019 Affected: 16.0.0 , < 16.0.10417.20059 (custom)
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    Microsoft Microsoft Office 2019 Affected: 19.0.0 , < https://aka.ms/OfficeSecurityReleases (custom)
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    Microsoft Microsoft 365 Apps for Enterprise Affected: 16.0.1 , < https://aka.ms/OfficeSecurityReleases (custom)
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    Microsoft Microsoft Office LTSC for Mac 2021 Affected: 16.0.1 , < 16.102.25101223 (custom)
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    Microsoft Microsoft Office LTSC 2021 Affected: 16.0.1 , < https://aka.ms/OfficeSecurityReleases (custom)
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    Microsoft Microsoft Office LTSC 2024 Affected: 16.0.0 , < https://aka.ms/OfficeSecurityReleases (custom)
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    Microsoft Microsoft Office LTSC for Mac 2024 Affected: 16.0.0 , < 16.102.25101223 (custom)
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    Microsoft Microsoft Word 2016 Affected: 16.0.1 , < 16.0.5522.1000 (custom)
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