Vulnerability
The latest Vulnerability coverage — news, analysis, and updates from the WindowsNews.AI desk.
CVE-2025-55243: OfficePlus Spoofing Flaw Exposes Data, Bypasses Scanners
Microsoft has published a security advisory for CVE-2025-55243, a spoofing vulnerability in Microsoft OfficePlus that can lead to the exposure of sensitive information and enable attackers to...
Patch Now: Windows RRAS Flaw CVE-2025-55225 Spills System Memory to Remote Attackers
Microsoft has confirmed a serious information disclosure vulnerability in the Windows Routing and Remote Access Service (RRAS) that could let attackers remotely read sensitive memory contents from...
Stack-Based Buffer Overflow in Windows NTFS Driver: Unverified CVE-2025-54916 Drives Mitigation Urgency
A report of a high-severity Windows NTFS vulnerability—described as a stack-based buffer overflow allowing local code execution—has surfaced with the identifier CVE-2025-54916, though the CVE...
Microsoft Flags Critical Visio Heap Overflow – Urgent Patch for CVE-2025-54907 Underway
Microsoft has confirmed a dangerous heap-based buffer overflow in Microsoft Office Visio that lets attackers execute malicious code simply by convincing a user to open a rigged diagram file. The...
CVE-2025-54905: Critical Microsoft Office Vulnerability Patched—Users Urged to Update Now
Microsoft has released a security patch for CVE-2025-54905, a dangerous untrusted pointer dereference vulnerability in Microsoft Office that could let attackers seize control of an unpatched system...
CVE-2025-54899 Exposes Excel to Code Execution Attacks: Patch Deployed for Critical Memory-Safety Bug
Microsoft has released a security update to patch CVE-2025-54899, a memory-safety vulnerability in Excel that can allow attackers to execute arbitrary code on a victim's machine when a malicious...
Microsoft Patches Excel Vulnerability CVE-2025-54898: Out-of-Bounds Read Could Allow Code Execution
Microsoft has issued a security update for CVE-2025-54898, an out-of-bounds read vulnerability in Microsoft Excel that could be exploited by attackers to achieve local code execution when a user...
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...
Microsoft Patches Use-After-Free in Windows XAML DatePickerFlyout That Could Elevate Local Privileges
Microsoft has assigned CVE-2025-54111 to a use‑after‑free vulnerability in the Windows UI XAML Phone DatePickerFlyout control, warning that an authenticated local attacker could exploit the flaw...
How to Prioritize Patching with Microsoft’s Confidence Metric: Lessons from CVE-2025-54894
A single metric buried inside every Microsoft Security Response Center (MSRC) advisory could be the difference between a patching strategy that works and one that wastes precious time. Security teams...
Critical Windows Server VPN Gateway Flaw Allows Unauthenticated Remote Code Execution — Patch RRAS Now
Microsoft is urging organizations to immediately patch a series of critical heap-based buffer overflow vulnerabilities in Windows Routing and Remote Access Service (RRAS) that can be exploited...
Windows CDPSvc Elevation Flaw (CVE-2025-54102) Patched; Attackers Could Seize SYSTEM Control
A high-severity vulnerability in the Windows Connected Devices Platform Service (CDPSvc), cataloged as CVE-2025-54102, can be exploited by a low-privileged local attacker to gain NT AUTHORITY\SYSTEM...