CVE-2025-24078 - Use After Free

Severity

70%

Complexity

10%

Confidentiality

98%

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

CVSS 3.1 Base Score 7. CVSS Attack Vector: local. CVSS Attack Complexity: high. CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H).

Demo Examples

Use After Free

CWE-416

The following example demonstrates the weakness.


               
}
free(buf3R2);

Use After Free

CWE-416

The following code illustrates a use after free error:


               
}
free(ptr);
logError("operation aborted before commit", ptr);

When an error occurs, the pointer is immediately freed. However, this pointer is later incorrectly used in the logError function.

Overview

First reported 4 months ago

2025-03-11 17:16:00

Last updated 3 weeks ago

2025-07-02 14:31:00

Affected Software

Microsoft Word 2016 x64 (64-bit)

2016

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