CVE-2025-59229
Microsoft Office Denial of Service Vulnerability
Uncaught exception in Microsoft Office allows an unauthorized attacker to deny service locally.
Attack profile
How easy it is to exploit
- Attack vector
- Local
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges needed
- None
- User interaction
- Required
What an attacker can affect
- Confidentiality
- None
- Integrity
- None
- Availability
- High
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
CVE List Score used
Microsoft Office Denial of Service Vulnerability
Uncaught exception in Microsoft Office allows an unauthorized attacker to deny service locally.
- Record
CVE-2025-59229- CVSS 3.1
- 5.5 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H/E:U/RL:O/RC:C - Weakness
- CWE-248
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2025-34280
Uncaught exception in Microsoft Office allows an unauthorized attacker to deny service locally.
- Record
EUVD-2025-34280- CVSS 3.1
- 5.5 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H/E:U/RL:O/RC:C - Updated
- 2026-11-02
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-pv25-8q8x-9236
Uncaught exception in Microsoft Office allows an unauthorized attacker to deny service locally.
Uncaught exception in Microsoft Office allows an unauthorized attacker to deny service locally.
- Record
GHSA-pv25-8q8x-9236- CVSS 3.1
- 5.5 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H - Weakness
- CWE-248
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
NVD
Uncaught exception in Microsoft Office allows an unauthorized attacker to deny service locally.
- Record
CVE-2025-59229- CVSS 3.1
- 5.5 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H - Weakness
- CWE-248
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
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-2025-59229 is a medium vulnerability (CVSS 5.5) in Microsoft 365 Apps, published October 14, 2025. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 0.42%, the 36th percentile. No source names a fixed version.