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CVE-2025-49703

22
FAUCET Score

CVE-2025-49703 is a high-severity use-after-free vulnerability in Microsoft Office Word, affecting various Microsoft Office and SharePoint Server products. An unauthenticated attacker can exploit this locally, requiring user interaction, to achieve arbitrary code execution. While not currently in CISA's KEV catalog or having public exploit code, its high CVSS score of 7.8 and a notable FAUCET Risk Score of 75/100 indicate significant potential impact. Community discussion and media coverage, including a mention in a BleepingComputer article about the July 2025 Patch Tuesday, suggest awareness of this flaw.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(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:*
2019CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:office:2019:*:*:*:*:*:x64:*
2019CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:office:2019:*:*:*:*:*:x86:*
2021CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:office_long_term_servicing_channel:2021:*:*:*:*:-:x64:*

CVSS Data

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

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
0.46%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
37.2%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-28
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0046 is in the 37th percentile among its peer group of 11,621 CVEs.

Social Chatter

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.

Media Mentions

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

Remediation

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (15)

microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: Microsoft Word 2016 (64-bit edition)Fixed in: 16.0.5508.1000
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microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: Microsoft SharePoint Enterprise Server 2016Fixed in: 16.0.5508.1000
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microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: Microsoft SharePoint Server 2019Fixed in: 16.0.10417.20027
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microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: Microsoft Office 2019 for 32-bit editionsFixed in: https://aka.ms/OfficeSecurityReleases
microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: Microsoft Office 2019 for 64-bit editionsFixed in: https://aka.ms/OfficeSecurityReleases
microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: Microsoft 365 Apps for Enterprise for 32-bit SystemsFixed in: https://aka.ms/OfficeSecurityReleases
microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: Microsoft 365 Apps for Enterprise for 64-bit SystemsFixed in: https://aka.ms/OfficeSecurityReleases
microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: Microsoft Office LTSC 2021 for 64-bit editionsFixed in: https://aka.ms/OfficeSecurityReleases
microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: Microsoft Office LTSC 2021 for 32-bit editionsFixed in: https://aka.ms/OfficeSecurityReleases
microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: Microsoft Office LTSC 2024 for 32-bit editionsFixed in: https://aka.ms/OfficeSecurityReleases
microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: Microsoft Office LTSC 2024 for 64-bit editionsFixed in: https://aka.ms/OfficeSecurityReleases
microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: Microsoft Office LTSC for Mac 2021Fixed in: 16.99.25071321
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microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: Microsoft Office LTSC for Mac 2024Fixed in: 16.99.25071321
microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: Microsoft Word 2016 (32-bit edition)Fixed in: 16.0.5508.1000
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microsoftvendor investigatingvia nvd_reference
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Vendor Advisories (1)

microsoft2025-Jul/CVE-2025-49703Critical

Microsoft Word Remote Code Execution Vulnerability

Jul 8, 2025

References

msrc.microsoft.com / update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2025-49703
Vendor Advisory