Cyber Resilience

CVE-2025-27747

High

Published: 08 April 2025

Published
08 April 2025
Modified
09 July 2025
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 0.0060 70.0th percentile
Risk Priority 16 60% EPSS · 20% KEV · 20% CVSS

Summary

CVE-2025-27747 is a high-severity Untrusted Pointer Dereference (CWE-822) vulnerability in Microsoft Office Long Term Servicing Channel. Its CVSS base score is 7.8 (High).

Operationally, ranked in the top 30.0% of CVEs by exploit likelihood; it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

Deeper analysis

The vulnerability is a use-after-free flaw, tracked as CWE-822, that affects Microsoft Office Word and carries a CVSS 3.1 score of 7.8. It permits an unauthorized attacker to execute arbitrary code on an affected system when certain conditions are met.

An attacker can trigger the issue locally by supplying a malicious document that the victim must open, requiring no privileges but relying on user interaction. Successful exploitation grants the attacker full control over confidentiality, integrity, and availability on the target host.

Microsoft has published an advisory describing the issue and available updates at https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2025-27747. The EPSS probability has climbed from a low baseline of 0.0060 to a recorded peak of 0.0121, indicating that exploitation interest emerged after disclosure.

EU & UK References

Vulnerability details

Use after free in Microsoft Office Word allows an unauthorized attacker to execute code locally.

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
office
2019
microsoft
office long term servicing channel
2021, 2024
microsoft
sharepoint enterprise server
2016
microsoft
sharepoint server
2019
microsoft
word
2016

Mitigating Controls

No mitigating controls mapped yet. The per-CVE control annotator has not reached this CVE.

References