PT-2025-42123 · Microsoft · Office Powerpoint

Published 2025-10-14 · Updated 2025-12-26 · CVE-2025-59238

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

7.8

High

Base vector

AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Microsoft Office PowerPoint (affected versions not specified)

Description A use after free issue exists in Microsoft Office PowerPoint that could allow an unauthorized attacker to execute code locally. The issue involves crafted slides and represents a classic Office attack vector requiring minimal user interaction.

Recommendations At the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this vulnerability.

RCE

Use After Free

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-416

Related Identifiers

BDU:2025-13088

CVE-2025-59238

Affected Products

Office Powerpoint

References · 9

• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-59238 · Security Note
• https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2025-59238 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2025-59238 · Vendor Advisory
• http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2025-59238 · Security Note
• https://bdu.fstec.ru/vul/2025-13088 · Security Note
• https://safe-surf.ru/specialists/bulletins-nkcki/725739 · Security Note
• https://t.me/cveNotify/139076 · Telegram Post
• https://twitter.com/CVEnew/status/1978171161029792085 · Twitter Post
• https://twitter.com/0dayPublishing/status/1978161181039669741 · Twitter Post