Code execution via undisclosed use-after-free
Published Jun 10, 2025 · Updated Feb 26, 2026
Use-after-free in Microsoft Office PowerPoint allows context-dependent attackers to execute code when a user opens a crafted presentation. Microsoft has not disclosed the affected PowerPoint object, the lifetime-management error, or the crafted presentation structure that leaves freed memory reachable. Exploitation requires local user interaction with a malicious file and runs code in the user's PowerPoint process, affecting confidentiality, integrity, and availability.
Summary
What happened
Use-after-free in Microsoft Office PowerPoint allows context-dependent attackers to execute code when a user opens a crafted presentation. Microsoft has not disclosed the affected PowerPoint object, the lifetime-management error, or the crafted presentation structure that leaves freed memory reachable. Exploitation requires local user interaction with a malicious file and runs code in the user's PowerPoint process, affecting confidentiality, integrity, and availability.
The record
- CVE
- CVE-2025-47175
- Published
- Jun 10, 2025
- Updated
- Feb 26, 2026
- Vendor
- Microsoft
- Product
- Microsoft PowerPoint 2016
- 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.
Exploitability
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- Affected versionversion=16.0.0 <16.0.5504.1000
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Public exploit references
- CVE-2025-47175 PPTX generatorproof of concept · unverified
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