Local code execution via heap buffer overflow
Published Jun 10, 2025 · Updated Feb 20, 2026
Heap-based buffer overflow in Microsoft Office Word in Microsoft 365 Apps for enterprise allows local users to execute arbitrary code. Microsoft has not disclosed the affected Word component, the malformed input that reaches it, or the specific heap operation that overruns its allocation. The flaw is reachable locally without privileges or user interaction and allows code execution in the affected Word process.
Summary
What happened
Heap-based buffer overflow in Microsoft Office Word in Microsoft 365 Apps for enterprise allows local users to execute arbitrary code. Microsoft has not disclosed the affected Word component, the malformed input that reaches it, or the specific heap operation that overruns its allocation. The flaw is reachable locally without privileges or user interaction and allows code execution in the affected Word process.
The record
- CVE
- CVE-2025-32717
- Published
- Jun 10, 2025
- Updated
- Feb 20, 2026
- Vendor
- Microsoft
- Product
- Microsoft 365 Apps for enterprise
- Classifications
- CWE-122, T1203
- Attack vector
- local
- Privileges
- unauthenticated
Timeline
How it unfolded
- Jun 10, 2025CVE publishedPublication date reported by the CVE source.
- Feb 20, 2026Record updatedLatest update available in the CVE record.
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- Affected versionversion=16.0.1 <https://aka.ms/OfficeSecurityReleases
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