CVE-2025-47175
Published: 10 June 2025
Summary
CVE-2025-47175 is a high-severity Use After Free (CWE-416) vulnerability in Microsoft Office Long Term Servicing Channel. Its CVSS base score is 7.8 (High).
Operationally, ranked in the top 22.8% of CVEs by exploit likelihood; it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.
Deeper analysis
CVE-2025-47175 is a use-after-free vulnerability in Microsoft Office PowerPoint, tracked under CWE-416. The flaw resides in the PowerPoint component and carries a CVSS 3.1 base score of 7.8, reflecting local attack vector, low complexity, no privileges required, and required user interaction.
An unauthenticated attacker can exploit the issue by convincing a victim to open a specially crafted PowerPoint file on an affected system. Successful exploitation grants the attacker the ability to execute arbitrary code locally with the privileges of the current user, resulting in full confidentiality, integrity, and availability impact.
The Microsoft Security Response Center advisory at https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2025-47175 supplies official guidance on mitigation, including available security updates and recommended defensive measures. The associated EPSS score remains low, with a current value of 0.0098 and a peak of 0.0102.
EU & UK References
- 🇪🇺 ENISA EUVD: EUVD-2025-17724
Vulnerability details
Use after free in Microsoft Office PowerPoint 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
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.
Use-after-free exploits that achieve arbitrary code execution are blocked or significantly hardened by non-executable pages and ASLR.