CVE-2025-62561

Dec. 9, 2025, 6:36 p.m.

7.8
High

Description

Untrusted pointer dereference in Microsoft Office Excel allows an unauthorized attacker to execute code locally.

Product(s) Impacted

Vendor Product Versions
Microsoft
  • Office Excel
  • *

Weaknesses

Common security weaknesses mapped to this vulnerability.

CWE-822
Untrusted Pointer Dereference
The product obtains a value from an untrusted source, converts this value to a pointer, and dereferences the resulting pointer.

*CPE(s)

Affected systems and software identified for this CVE.

Type Vendor Product Version Update Edition Language Software Edition Target Software Target Hardware Other Information
a microsoft office_excel / / / / / / / /

References

https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2025-62561

Tags

CWE-822
secure@microsoft.com
2025-12-09
CVE-2025-62561

CVSS Score

7.8 / 10

CVSS Data - 3.1

  • Attack Vector: LOCAL
  • Attack Complexity: LOW
  • Privileges Required: NONE
  • Scope: UNCHANGED
  • Confidentiality Impact: HIGH
  • Integrity Impact: HIGH
  • Availability Impact: HIGH

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

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Timeline

Published: Dec. 9, 2025, 6:16 p.m.
Last Modified: Dec. 9, 2025, 6:36 p.m.

Status : Undergoing Analysis

CVE is currently being analyzed by NVD staff, this process results in association of reference link tags, CVSS scores, CWE association, and CPE applicability statements.

More info

Source

secure@microsoft.com

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