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CVE-2025-49696
Out-of-bounds read in Microsoft Office allows an unauthorized attacker to execute code locally.
HIGH 8.4EPSS 0.64%
Does this matter?
High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (0.64%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.
Description
Out-of-bounds read in Microsoft Office allows an unauthorized attacker to execute code locally.
- CVSS 3.1
- 8.4 HIGHCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- EPSS
- 0.64% probability · 50th percentile
- Public exploits
- None in Exploit-DB
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-122, CWE-125
- Affected
- microsoft/365 apps · microsoft/365 copilot · microsoft/office · microsoft/office long term servicing channel
- Source
- secure@microsoft.com
EPSS 0.6% since 27 October 2026; no change recorded yet. Points are recorded when the score first appears and whenever it moves by a percentage point or more.
References
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA, exploits from Exploit-DB. Refreshed daily. Download this record as JSON.