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Vulnerability · CVE-2025-53735

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

Published Aug 12, 2025 · catalog updated Feb 26, 2026 · Microsoft Microsoft 365 Apps for Enterprise

Check this week

CVE-2025-53735 is not in CISA KEV. FIRST estimates a 56.00% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days. Check whether you run Microsoft Microsoft 365 Apps for Enterprise.

Gaps on this record

  • No vendor fix or required action is stored. Compare the linked advisory before you change production.
Severity
High7.8
Known exploitation
Not in CISA/VulnCheck KEV
EPSS
56.00%
Remediation
Version ranges on file
Affected products
vendor Microsoft Microsoft 365 Apps for Enterprise 16.0.1 <https://aka.ms/OfficeSecurityReleases

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

Are you affected?

Enter the version you run. The result uses only the ranges stored on this record.

The check returns affected, not affected, or incomplete. It does not guess a version that is missing from the record.

  • vendor Microsoft Microsoft 365 Apps for Enterprise 16.0.1 <https://aka.ms/OfficeSecurityReleases16.0.1 <https://aka.ms/OfficeSecurityReleases

How to fix CVE-2025-53735

  • Recommended remediation

    Affected version ranges suggest a fixed boundary. Verify against the vendor advisory for your release.

  • Official advisories

What to do

Three questions, each answered from this record only. Confirm the vendor advisory before you patch.

Should you patch?

CVE-2025-53735 is not in CISA KEV. FIRST estimates a 56.00% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days. Check whether you run Microsoft Microsoft 365 Apps for Enterprise.

Which versions are affected?

Compare what you have installed with Microsoft Microsoft 365 Apps for Enterprise 16.0.1 <https://aka.ms/OfficeSecurityReleases 16.0.1 <https://aka.ms/OfficeSecurityReleases. Compare the installed version with the linked vendor advisory before you change production.

What should an analyst verify?

No weakness class is stored. EPSS 56.00%. There is no CISA KEV listing. No Exploit-DB or Metasploit reference is linked. Use the source links for the original advisory.

Code

The project this record applies to. Exploit listings stay in References.

No public source repository is identified for this product.

Timeline

Detection, updates, and resolution for this record.

  1. Aug 12, 2025 · EUVD

    Detected

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

  2. Feb 26, 2026 · EUVD

    Updated

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

Sources

  • EUVDVulnerability recordEUVD-2025-24296

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

    euvd.enisa.europa.eu

References

Freshness

Last verified in this catalog Feb 26, 2026. Significant claims (KEV, EPSS, CVSS, affected ranges) come from the source rows above — open the original publisher for the authoritative advisory.