Microsoft Office Word Use-After-Free Vulnerability Leading to Local Remote 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 to execute arbitrary code.

Impact

Exploitation of this vulnerability allows for remote code execution on the affected system.

Remediation

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