Microsoft Office Word Use-After-Free Vulnerability Allowing Local Code Execution

A use-after-free vulnerability has been identified in Microsoft Office Word. This issue allows an unauthorized attacker to execute code locally on the affected system. The vulnerability arises from improper memory management, which can be exploited under certain conditions.

Impact

Exploitation of this vulnerability could lead to unauthorized code execution on the local machine.

Remediation

Users can apply the security update available through the Microsoft Update Catalog. For Microsoft 365 Apps for Enterprise, updates will be released as soon as possible, and customers will be notified via a revision to this CVE information.