CVE-2025-53736
Microsoft Word Information Disclosure Vulnerability
Buffer over-read in Microsoft Office Word allows an unauthorized attacker to disclose information locally.
Attack profile
How easy it is to exploit
- Attack vector
- Local
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges needed
- None
- User interaction
- None
What an attacker can affect
- Confidentiality
- Low
- Integrity
- None
- Availability
- High
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
CVE List Score used
Microsoft Word Information Disclosure Vulnerability
Buffer over-read in Microsoft Office Word allows an unauthorized attacker to disclose information locally.
- Record
CVE-2025-53736- CVSS 3.1
- 6.8 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:H/E:U/RL:O/RC:C - Weakness
- CWE-126
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2025-24295
Buffer over-read in Microsoft Office Word allows an unauthorized attacker to disclose information locally.
- Record
EUVD-2025-24295- CVSS 3.1
- 6.8 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:H/E:U/RL:O/RC:C - Updated
- 2026-11-02
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-3jh7-36pw-wpwh
Buffer over-read in Microsoft Office Word allows an unauthorized attacker to disclose information...
Buffer over-read in Microsoft Office Word allows an unauthorized attacker to disclose information locally.
- Record
GHSA-3jh7-36pw-wpwh- CVSS 3.1
- 6.8 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:H - Weakness
- CWE-126
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
NVD
Buffer over-read in Microsoft Office Word allows an unauthorized attacker to disclose information locally.
- Record
CVE-2025-53736- CVSS 3.1
- 6.8 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:H - CVSS 3.1
- 6.2 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N - Weakness
- CWE-126
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
- microsoft office
- microsoft word
- microsoft 365 apps
- microsoft 365 apps for enterprise
- microsoft office 2019
- microsoft office ltsc 2021
- microsoft office ltsc 2024
- microsoft office ltsc for mac 2021
- microsoft office ltsc for mac 2024
- microsoft sharepoint enterprise server 2016
- microsoft sharepoint server 2019
- microsoft word 2016
History
| Recorded | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| first indexed | CVE List, EUVD, GitHub Advisories, NVD |
Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.
In short
CVE-2025-53736 is a medium vulnerability (CVSS 6.8) in Microsoft Office, published August 12, 2025. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 0.50%, the 43rd percentile. No source names a fixed version.