CVE-2026-55032
HighCVSS 7.8Exploitation Probability (EPSS)
Low risk23th percentile - higher than 23% of all known CVEs
Summary
A Use-After-Free vulnerability in Microsoft Office Word allows an unauthorized attacker to execute code locally. The issue stems from improper memory management when processing specially crafted documents.
Risk Assessment
An attacker can take control of the victim's system by opening a malicious Word file, leading to data theft, malware installation, or further privilege escalation.
Recommendation
Immediately apply the security update released by Microsoft for the Office suite. Restrict opening Word documents from untrusted sources and deploy exploit protection mechanisms.
Other vulnerabilities in Microsoft Office Word
See all- CVE-2026-20948High
Untrusted pointer dereference in Microsoft Office Word allows an unauthorized attacker to execute code locally.
- CVE-2026-20944High
An out-of-bounds read vulnerability in Microsoft Office Word allows an unauthorized attacker to execute code locally.
- CVE-2026-70300Critical
Untrusted pointer dereference in Microsoft Office Word allows an unauthorized attacker to execute code over a network.
- CVE-2026-40364High
In Microsoft Office Word, a vulnerability related to access of resource using incompatible type ('type confusion') allows an unauthorized attacker to execute code locally.
- CVE-2026-108451High
A numeric truncation error in Microsoft Office Word allows an unauthenticated attacker to execute code over a network. The flaw stems from improper handling of numeric values.
- CVE-2026-108450High
A heap-based buffer overflow in Microsoft Office Word allows an unauthenticated attacker to execute code over a network. The vulnerability occurs when processing specially crafted data.
- CVE-2026-108449High
A heap-based buffer overflow in Microsoft Office Word allows an unauthenticated attacker to execute code over a network. The vulnerability occurs when processing specially crafted data.
- CVE-2026-108447High
A heap-based buffer overflow in Microsoft Office Word allows an unauthenticated attacker to execute code over a network. The vulnerability occurs when processing specially crafted data.
- CVE-2026-108445High
A stack-based buffer overflow in Microsoft Office Word allows an unauthenticated attacker to execute code over a network. The vulnerability occurs when processing specially crafted data.
- CVE-2026-108443High
An off-by-one error in Microsoft Office Word allows an unauthorized attacker to execute code over a network. The flaw stems from an incorrect buffer size calculation by one byte.
Original NVD description (English source)
Use after free in Microsoft Office Word allows an unauthorized attacker to execute code locally.
Vulnerability data from NVD (NIST) · CISA KEV · EPSS