Cyber Resilience

CVE-2023-24953

High

Published: 09 May 2023

Published
09 May 2023
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 0.0146 81.3th percentile
Risk Priority 16 60% EPSS · 20% KEV · 20% CVSS

Summary

CVE-2023-24953 is a high-severity Use After Free (CWE-416) vulnerability in Microsoft Excel. Its CVSS base score is 7.8 (High).

Operationally, ranked in the top 18.7% of CVEs by exploit likelihood; it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

EU & UK References

Vulnerability details

Microsoft Excel 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
2019
microsoft
office long term servicing channel
2021
microsoft
office online server
all versions

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