Cyber Resilience

CVE-2021-31175

High

Published: 11 May 2021

Published
11 May 2021
Modified
21 November 2024
KEV Added
Patch
CVSS Score v3.1 7.8 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
EPSS Score 0.1553 94.8th percentile
Risk Priority 25 60% EPSS · 20% KEV · 20% CVSS

Summary

CVE-2021-31175 is a high-severity Use After Free (CWE-416) vulnerability in Microsoft Office. Its CVSS base score is 7.8 (High).

Operationally, ranked in the top 5.2% of CVEs by exploit likelihood; it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

EU & UK References

Vulnerability details

Microsoft Office Remote Code Execution Vulnerability

CWE(s)

Related Threats

No named actor attribution yet. ATT&CK technique mapping in progress for this CVE.

Affected Assets

microsoft
365 apps
all versions
microsoft
excel
2013, 2016
microsoft
office
2013, 2016, 2019
microsoft
office online server
all versions
microsoft
office web apps server
2013

Mitigating Controls

Likely Mitigating Controls AI

Per-CVE control mapping for this CVE has not run yet; the list below is derived from the weakness types (CWEs) cited in the NVD entry.

addresses: CWE-416

Use-after-free exploits that achieve arbitrary code execution are blocked or significantly hardened by non-executable pages and ASLR.

References