CVE-2026-45486

FAUCET Score

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

First published: Jun 9, 2026Last modified: Jul 8, 2026

Impacted Technologies

Vendor	Product	Version(s)	CPE
		Range not provided by sourceCPE matchmatch criteria	cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:365_apps:-::::enterprise::x64:*
		Range not provided by sourceCPE matchmatch criteria	cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:365_apps:-::::enterprise::x86:*
		Range not provided by sourceCPE matchmatch criteria	cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:microsoft_365:-:::::macos::
		Range not provided by sourceCPE matchmatch criteria	cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:office_2021:-::::ltsc:macos:-:
		Range not provided by sourceCPE matchmatch criteria	cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:office_2024:-::::ltsc:macos:-:

CVSS version used by this source: 3.1

7.8HIGH

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Attack Vector

LOCAL

Attack Complexity

LOW

Privileges Required

NONE

User Interaction

REQUIRED

Scope

UNCHANGED

Confidentiality Impact

HIGH

Integrity Impact

HIGH

Availability Impact

HIGH

Exploitability Score

1.8

Impact Score

5.9

CvssVersion

3.1

EPSS Score

0.37%

Probability of exploitation in next 30 days

EPSS Percentile

29.8%

Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group

As of 2026-07-26

Model: v2026.06.15

This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0037 is in the 28th percentile among its peer group of 11,616 CVEs.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.2 GitHub mentions.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.3 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.