CVE-2025-53731 - Use After Free

Severity

84%

Complexity

25%

Confidentiality

98%

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

CVSS 3.1 Base Score 8.4. CVSS Attack Vector: local. CVSS Attack Complexity: low. CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/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 1 week ago

2025-08-12 18:15:00

Last updated 4 days ago

2025-08-15 17:14:00

Affected Software

Microsoft Office 2016 x64 (64-bit)

2016

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