Jul 2025: Microsoft Office Remote Code Execution Vulnerability
CVE-2025-49699 Published on July 8, 2025

Microsoft Office Remote Code Execution Vulnerability
Use after free in Microsoft Office allows an unauthorized attacker to execute code locally.

Vendor Advisory NVD

Vulnerability Analysis

Exploitation:
NONE
Automatable:
NO
Technical Impact:
TOTAL

Weakness Type

What is a Dangling pointer Vulnerability?

Referencing memory after it has been freed can cause a program to crash, use unexpected values, or execute code.

CVE-2025-49699 has been classified to as a Dangling pointer vulnerability or weakness.


Products Associated with CVE-2025-49699

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Microsoft Powerpoint
Microsoft 365 Apps
Microsoft Office Long Term Servicing Channel
Microsoft Office
Microsoft Word
Microsoft Outlook
Microsoft Office 2019
Microsoft Office Macos 2021
Microsoft Office 2021
Microsoft Office 2024
Microsoft Office Macos 2024
Microsoft Powerpoint 2016
Microsoft Word 2016
Microsoft Outlook 2016

Affected Versions

Microsoft 365 Apps for Enterprise: Microsoft Office 2019: Microsoft Office LTSC 2021: Microsoft Office LTSC 2024: Microsoft Office LTSC for Mac 2021: Microsoft Office LTSC for Mac 2024: Microsoft Outlook 2016: Microsoft PowerPoint 2016: Microsoft Word 2016:

Exploit Probability

EPSS
0.38%
Percentile
32.44%

EPSS (Exploit Prediction Scoring System) scores estimate the probability that a vulnerability will be exploited in the wild within the next 30 days. The percentile shows you how this score compares to all other vulnerabilities.