CVE-2025-62203 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

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

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Local

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact High

Integrity Impact High

Availability Impact High

User Interaction Required

No CVSS v3.0

No CVSS v2

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

Vendors	Products
Microsoft	365 365 Apps Excel Office 2019 Office 2021 Office 2024 Office For Mac

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References

Link	Providers
https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2025-62203

History

Wed, 12 Nov 2025 23:00:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
First Time appeared		Microsoft Microsoft 365 Microsoft 365 Apps Microsoft excel Microsoft office 2019 Microsoft office 2021 Microsoft office 2024 Microsoft office For Mac
Vendors & Products		Microsoft Microsoft 365 Microsoft 365 Apps Microsoft excel Microsoft office 2019 Microsoft office 2021 Microsoft office 2024 Microsoft office For Mac

Tue, 11 Nov 2025 18:15:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Description		Use after free in Microsoft Office Excel allows an unauthorized attacker to execute code locally.
Title		Microsoft Excel Remote Code Execution Vulnerability
Weaknesses		CWE-416
References		https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2025-62203
Metrics		cvssV3_1 `{'score': 7.8, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H/E:U/RL:O/RC:C'}`

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: microsoft

Published: 2025-11-11T17:59:43.546Z

Updated: 2025-11-13T20:53:50.704Z

Reserved: 2025-10-08T20:10:09.346Z

Link: CVE-2025-62203

Vulnrichment

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NVD

Status : Undergoing Analysis

Published: 2025-11-11T18:15:43.970

Modified: 2025-11-12T16:19:12.850

Link: CVE-2025-62203

Redhat

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