| CVSS Meta Temp Score | Current Exploit Price (≈) | CTI Interest Score |
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| 6.7 | $0-$5k | 0.00 |
Summary
A vulnerability classified as critical has been found in Microsoft Visio. Affected by this issue is some unknown functionality. The manipulation leads to use after free. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2025-59226. It is possible to initiate the attack remotely. There is no exploit available. It is recommended to apply a patch to fix this issue.
Details
A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, has been found in Microsoft Visio (version now known). This issue affects some unknown processing. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a use after free vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-416. Referencing memory after it has been freed can cause a program to crash, use unexpected values, or execute code. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:
Use after free in Microsoft Office Visio allows an unauthorized attacker to execute code locally.
The weakness was shared 10/14/2025 as confirmed security update guide (Website). It is possible to read the advisory at msrc.microsoft.com. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2025-59226. The exploitation is known to be easy. The attack may be initiated remotely. No form of authentication is needed for a successful exploitation. It demands that the victim is doing some kind of user interaction. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not publicly available. The pricing for an exploit might be around USD $0-$5k at the moment (estimation calculated on 10/25/2025).
The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 270387 (Security Updates for Microsoft Office Products (October 2025)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment.
Applying a patch is able to eliminate this problem. A possible mitigation has been published immediately after the disclosure of the vulnerability.
The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at Tenable (270387) and EUVD (EUVD-2025-34282). Be aware that VulDB is the high quality source for vulnerability data.
Product
Type
Vendor
Name
License
Website
- Vendor: https://www.microsoft.com/
CPE 2.3
CPE 2.2
CVSSv4
VulDB Vector: 🔒VulDB Reliability: 🔍
CVSSv3
VulDB Meta Base Score: 7.3VulDB Meta Temp Score: 6.7
VulDB Base Score: 6.3
VulDB Temp Score: 5.5
VulDB Vector: 🔒
VulDB Reliability: 🔍
Vendor Base Score (Microsoft): 7.8
Vendor Vector (Microsoft): 🔒
CNA Base Score: 7.8
CNA Vector (Microsoft): 🔒
CVSSv2
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Exploiting
Class: Use after freeCWE: CWE-416 / CWE-119
CAPEC: 🔒
ATT&CK: 🔒
Physical: Partially
Local: Yes
Remote: Yes
Availability: 🔒
Status: Unproven
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Price Prediction: 🔍
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Nessus ID: 270387
Nessus Name: Security Updates for Microsoft Office Products (October 2025)
Threat Intelligence
Interest: 🔍Active Actors: 🔍
Active APT Groups: 🔍
Countermeasures
Recommended: PatchStatus: 🔍
Reaction Time: 🔒
0-Day Time: 🔒
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Timeline
10/14/2025 VulDB entry created10/14/2025 Advisory disclosed
10/14/2025 Countermeasure disclosed
10/25/2025 VulDB entry last update
Sources
Vendor: microsoft.comAdvisory: msrc.microsoft.com
Status: Confirmed
CVE: CVE-2025-59226 (🔒)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2025-59226
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-328439
EUVD: 🔒
Entry
Created: 10/14/2025 20:03Updated: 10/25/2025 06:17
Changes: 10/14/2025 20:03 (30), 10/14/2025 20:06 (38), 10/17/2025 00:00 (12), 10/18/2025 23:06 (2), 10/25/2025 06:17 (1)
Complete: 🔍
Cache ID: 216::103
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