Product:
Microsoft Office Word
Summary
Use after free in Microsoft Office Word allows an unauthorized attacker to execute code locally. This vulnerability can lead to significant impacts on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. Attackers can exploit this flaw to gain control over affected systems.
Details
| Severity | Base Score | CVE |
|---|---|---|
| HIGH | 7.8 | CVE-2026-33095 |
Exploitation
To exploit this vulnerability, an attacker must have local access to the system and require user interaction. By crafting a malicious document and convincing the user to open it, the attacker can trigger the use after free condition, leading to arbitrary code execution.
Affected Products
- Microsoft Office Word: A widely used word processing application that is vulnerable to local code execution due to a use after free issue.
Mitigation
To mitigate this vulnerability, users should ensure that they apply the latest security updates from Microsoft. Additionally, users should be cautious when opening documents from untrusted sources to reduce the risk of exploitation.