Local code execution via use-after-free memory access
Published Jun 10, 2025 · Updated Feb 26, 2026
Use-after-free in Microsoft Word for affected Microsoft 365 Apps and Office LTSC 2024 releases allows attackers to execute code locally. Microsoft identifies a use-after-free memory-lifetime error in Word but has not disclosed the affected parser, object, or deallocation path. Exploitation requires user interaction, after which code runs with the user's privileges.
Summary
What happened
Use-after-free in Microsoft Word for affected Microsoft 365 Apps and Office LTSC 2024 releases allows attackers to execute code locally. Microsoft identifies a use-after-free memory-lifetime error in Word but has not disclosed the affected parser, object, or deallocation path. Exploitation requires user interaction, after which code runs with the user's privileges.
The record
- CVE
- CVE-2025-47170
- Published
- Jun 10, 2025
- Updated
- Feb 26, 2026
- Vendor
- Microsoft
- Product
- Microsoft Office LTSC for Mac 2024
- Classifications
- CWE-416, T1203
- Attack vector
- local
- Privileges
- unauthenticated
Timeline
How it unfolded
- Jun 10, 2025CVE publishedPublication date reported by the CVE source.
- Feb 26, 2026Record updatedLatest update available in the CVE record.
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- Affected versionversion=16.0.0 <16.98.25060824
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