Heap-based buffer overflow in Microsoft Office allows an unauthorized attacker to execute code locally.
CVE-2026-55056
Heap-based buffer overflow in Microsoft Office allows an unauthorized attacker to execute code locally.
Assessment
- CVSS
- 7.8 (v3.1)
- Severity
- High
- EPSS
- 0.47% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days
- Known exploited
- Not listed in CISA KEV
- Exploit availability
- Nothing found in Exploit-DB, Metasploit, Nuclei or public PoC repositories
- Published
- 14 July 2026
- Last updated
- 1 November 2026
- Affected
- Microsoft · Microsoft 365 Apps for Enterprise · Microsoft Office 2016 · Microsoft Office 2019 · Microsoft Office 365 for Mac
- Assigner
- microsoft
CVSS vectorCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H/E:U/RL:O/RC:C
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