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Microsoft Warns of Actively Targeted Excel Use-After-Free Flaw CVE-2025-54896
Microsoft has issued a critical security advisory for CVE-2025-54896, a use-after-free vulnerability in Microsoft Office Excel that could allow attackers to execute arbitrary code on Windows...
Critical Word Flaw CVE-2025-53784 Lets Attackers Hijack PCs via Malicious Docs — Patch Immediately
Microsoft’s latest security advisory warns of a memory-corruption flaw in Word—CVE-2025-53784—that hands attackers a local-code-execution foothold from nothing more than a booby-trapped...
CVE-2025-53740: Urgent Patch Needed as Office Use-After-Free RCE Threatens Enterprise Security
Microsoft has confirmed a critical use-after-free vulnerability in Microsoft Office, tracked as CVE-2025-53740, that could let attackers run arbitrary code when a user opens a maliciously crafted...
Microsoft Issues Advisory for Critical Excel RCE Flaw CVE-2025-53739, Urges Immediate Patching
A newly discovered vulnerability in Microsoft Excel, tracked as CVE-2025-53739, could allow attackers to execute arbitrary code on victims' machines simply by convincing them to open a specially...
CVE-2025-53734: Patch Visio Use-After-Free RCE Before Attackers Exploit Document Flaw
Microsoft has released a security update for a use-after-free vulnerability in Microsoft Visio that allows attackers to execute arbitrary code simply by having a victim open a maliciously crafted...
Microsoft Office Buffer Over-Read Bugs Strike Word and Excel: What Enterprises Must Patch Now
Microsoft has rolled out crucial patches for two high-severity buffer over-read vulnerabilities in Microsoft Word and Excel, both enabling local attackers to extract sensitive memory contents. The...
Microsoft Patches Critical Excel Use-After-Free Flaw (CVE-2025-53735) That Executes Code via Malicious Spreadsheets
Microsoft has confirmed a serious use-after-free vulnerability in Microsoft Excel, tracked as CVE-2025-53735, that can allow attackers to execute arbitrary code on a victim’s machine simply by...
CVE-2025-53733: Patch Microsoft Word RCE Now – Numeric Conversion Flaw Exploited
Microsoft has published advisory CVE-2025-53733, warning of a remote code execution vulnerability in Microsoft Word that stems from an incorrect conversion between numeric types during document...
Urgent Patch for CVE-2025-53732: Microsoft Office Heap Overflow Enables Remote Code Execution via Malicious Documents
Microsoft has released a critical security update addressing CVE-2025-53732, a heap-based buffer overflow vulnerability in Microsoft Office that allows remote code execution (RCE) when a user opens a...
Critical Office Use-After-Free Bug (CVE-2025-53731) Lets Attackers Execute Code—Patch Now, Microsoft Warns
Microsoft’s Security Response Center has published a new advisory, CVE-2025-53731, confirming a critical use-after-free vulnerability in Microsoft Office that can let attackers execute arbitrary...
Microsoft Discloses Critical PowerPoint Use-After-Free Flaw, CVE-2025-53761, Enabling Local Code Execution
Microsoft has issued a security advisory for a new use-after-free vulnerability in PowerPoint, tracked as CVE-2025-53761, that allows an unauthorized attacker to execute code locally. The flaw, which...
Microsoft Warns of Excel RCE Flaw CVE-2025-53759, Workarounds Provided
A newly disclosed vulnerability in Microsoft Excel, tracked as CVE-2025-53759, allows attackers to execute arbitrary code on a victim’s machine by tricking them into opening a specially crafted...