CVE-2025-54902 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Out-of-bounds read 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.

Exploitation none

Automatable no

Technical Impact total

Vendors	Products
Microsoft	365 365 Apps Excel Excel 2016 Excel For Mac Office Office 2016 Office 2019 Office 2021 Office 2024 Office For Mac

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References

Link	Providers
https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2025-54902

History

Mon, 15 Sep 2025 10:45:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
First Time appeared		Microsoft Microsoft 365 Microsoft 365 Apps Microsoft excel Microsoft excel 2016 Microsoft excel For Mac Microsoft office Microsoft office 2016 Microsoft office 2019 Microsoft office 2021 Microsoft office 2024 Microsoft office For Mac
Vendors & Products		Microsoft Microsoft 365 Microsoft 365 Apps Microsoft excel Microsoft excel 2016 Microsoft excel For Mac Microsoft office Microsoft office 2016 Microsoft office 2019 Microsoft office 2021 Microsoft office 2024 Microsoft office For Mac

Tue, 09 Sep 2025 23:15:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Metrics		ssvc `{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'total'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}`

Tue, 09 Sep 2025 17:15:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Description		Out-of-bounds read in Microsoft Office Excel allows an unauthorized attacker to execute code locally.
Title		Microsoft Excel Remote Code Execution Vulnerability
Weaknesses		CWE-125 CWE-416
References		https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2025-54902
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: 2025-09-09T17:00:55.356Z

Updated: 2025-09-16T18:12:55.247Z

Reserved: 2025-07-31T18:54:19.612Z

Link: CVE-2025-54902

Vulnrichment

Updated: 2025-09-09T17:45:49.062Z

NVD

Status : Awaiting Analysis

Published: 2025-09-09T17:16:01.530

Modified: 2025-09-11T17:14:25.240

Link: CVE-2025-54902

Redhat

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