CVE-2025-47953: Microsoft Office Remote Code Execution Vulnerability

Severity: high (CVSS 8.4 v3.1)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 0.5% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2025-06-10 · updated 2026-06-17
Weakness: CWE-641

Description

Use after free in Microsoft Office allows an unauthorized attacker to execute code locally.

Affected products

Microsoft 365 Apps: all versions
Microsoft 365 Copilot: all versions
Microsoft Office: 2016, 2019
Microsoft Office LTSC for Mac 2021: 2021, 2024
Microsoft 365 Apps: from 16.0.1 before https://aka.ms/OfficeSecurityReleases — fixed in https://aka.ms/OfficeSecurityReleases
Microsoft Office for Android: from 16.0.1 before 16.0.18925.20000 — fixed in 16.0.18925.20000
Microsoft Office LTSC 2021: from 16.0.1 before https://aka.ms/OfficeSecurityReleases — fixed in https://aka.ms/OfficeSecurityReleases
Microsoft Office LTSC for Mac 2024: from 16.0.0 before 16.98.25060824 — fixed in 16.98.25060824
Microsoft Office: from 16.0.0 before 16.0.5504.1000 — fixed in 16.0.5504.1000
Microsoft Office LTSC 2024: from 16.0.0 before https://aka.ms/OfficeSecurityReleases — fixed in https://aka.ms/OfficeSecurityReleases
Microsoft Office LTSC for Mac 2021: from 16.0.1 before 16.98.25060824 — fixed in 16.98.25060824

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: Microsoft 365 Apps https://aka.ms/OfficeSecurityReleases; Microsoft Office for Android 16.0.18925.20000; Microsoft Office LTSC 2021 https://aka.ms/OfficeSecurityReleases; Microsoft Office LTSC for Mac 2024 16.98.25060824; Microsoft Office 16.0.5504.1000; Microsoft Office LTSC 2024 https://aka.ms/OfficeSecurityReleases; Microsoft Office LTSC for Mac 2021 16.98.25060824. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2025-47953

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