CVE-2025-53739 (GCVE-0-2025-53739)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2025-08-12 17:10
Modified
2025-08-15 20:33
Severity ?
7.8 (High) - CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H/E:U/RL:O/RC:C
CWE
  • CWE-843 - Access of Resource Using Incompatible Type ('Type Confusion')
Summary
Access of resource using incompatible type ('type confusion') in Microsoft Office Excel allows an unauthorized attacker to execute code locally.
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
Microsoft Office Online Server Version: 1.0.0   < 16.0.10417.20034
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   Microsoft Microsoft Office 2019 Version: 19.0.0   < https://aka.ms/OfficeSecurityReleases
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   Microsoft Microsoft 365 Apps for Enterprise Version: 16.0.1   < https://aka.ms/OfficeSecurityReleases
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   Microsoft Microsoft Office LTSC for Mac 2021 Version: 16.0.1   < 16.100.25081015
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   Microsoft Microsoft Office LTSC 2021 Version: 16.0.1   < https://aka.ms/OfficeSecurityReleases
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   Microsoft Microsoft Office LTSC 2024 Version: 1.0.0   < https://aka.ms/OfficeSecurityReleases
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   Microsoft Microsoft Office LTSC for Mac 2024 Version: 1.0.0   < 16.100.25081015
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   Microsoft Microsoft Excel 2016 Version: 16.0.0.0   < 16.0.5513.1000
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