Microsoft Excel Remote Code Execution Vulnerability

published 2025-06-10 16 mo ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also EUVD-2025-17725

cvss: 7.8; version 3.1, CNA
cisa kev: Not listed; not in CISA's catalog
epss: 0.5%; EPSS 0.5% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 44%
public exploits: 0; none known

Heap-based buffer overflow in Microsoft Office Excel allows an unauthorized attacker to execute code locally.

Patch / fix

links 1

msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2025-47174 advisory

CISA SSVC

Exploitation: none
Automatable: no
Technical impact: total
Assessed: 16 mo ago (2025-06-10)

Exploit prediction

0.52% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 44% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

CVSS scores

assigned by	version	score	vector
CNA	3.1	7.8	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
CNA	3.1	7.8	CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Affected products

Microsoft Microsoft 365 Apps for Enterprise
Microsoft Microsoft Office LTSC 2021
Microsoft Microsoft Office LTSC 2024

Classification

Weakness

CWE-122 Heap-based Buffer Overflow

References

msrc.microsoft.com /update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2025-47174
vendor-advisory, patch

Sources

CVE List CVE-2025-47174
NVD CVE-2025-47174

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Summary