CVE-2026-78525
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Use After Free in Microsoft Office Outlook Allows Remote Code Execution

Vulnerability report for CVE-2026-78525, including description, CVSS score, EPSS score, affected products, exploitability, helpful resources, and attack-flow context.

Publication date: 2026-09-08

Last updated on: 2026-09-09

Assigner: Microsoft Corporation

Description

Use after free in Microsoft Office Outlook allows an unauthorized attacker to execute code over a network.

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Published
2026-09-08
Last Modified
2026-09-09
Generated
2026-09-29
AI Q&A
2026-09-09
EPSS Evaluated
2026-09-27
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Affected Vendors & Products

Showing 13 associated CPEs
Vendor Product Version / Range
microsoft 365_apps *
microsoft 365_apps *
microsoft word 2016
microsoft word 2016
microsoft office_2019 *
microsoft office_2019 *
microsoft microsoft_365 *
microsoft office_2021 *
microsoft office_2021 *
microsoft office_2021 *
microsoft office_2024 *
microsoft office_2024 *
microsoft office_2024 *

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Exploitability

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CWE-416 The product reuses or references memory after it has been freed. At some point afterward, the memory may be allocated again and saved in another pointer, while the original pointer references a location somewhere within the new allocation. Any operations using the original pointer are no longer valid because the memory "belongs" to the code that operates on the new pointer.

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Executive Summary

This is a use-after-free vulnerability in Microsoft Office Outlook. It allows an unauthorized attacker to execute arbitrary code remotely over a network by exploiting a memory corruption issue after an object is freed but still accessed.

Impact Analysis

An attacker could exploit this to run malicious code on your system, potentially stealing data, installing malware, or taking control of your computer. It requires user interaction like opening a specially crafted file.

Compliance Impact

This vulnerability could lead to unauthorized data access or exfiltration, violating GDPR (data protection) and HIPAA (health data privacy) requirements. Organizations must patch systems to maintain compliance.

Mitigation Strategies

Apply the latest security updates from Microsoft for Office Outlook as soon as they become available to patch the use-after-free vulnerability.

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