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Microsoft Defender Application Guard for Office Retirement: Timeline and Security Implications
Microsoft has announced the retirement of Microsoft Defender Application Guard (MDAG) for Office from Microsoft 365 desktop applications, marking a significant shift in the company's enterprise...
Critical Office Heap Overflow (CVE-2025-54910) Patched for Windows, Mac Fixes Still Pending
Microsoft has released security updates to patch a critical heap-based buffer overflow in Microsoft Office, tracked as CVE-2025-54910, that could allow attackers to execute arbitrary code after a...
Microsoft Patches Critical Excel Heap Overflow (CVE-2025-54900) – What You Need to Know
Microsoft has released a security update patching a critical heap‑based buffer overflow in Excel, tracked as CVE‑2025‑54900, that could allow attackers to execute code on a victim’s machine...
CVE-2025-55243: OfficePlus Spoofing Flaw Exposes Data, Bypasses Scanners
Microsoft has published a security advisory for CVE-2025-55243, a spoofing vulnerability in Microsoft OfficePlus that can lead to the exposure of sensitive information and enable attackers to...
Microsoft's Hidden PowerPoint Flaw: Why CVE-2025-54908 Evades Verification but Demands Action
A newly surfaced Microsoft advisory for CVE-2025-54908 warns of a use-after-free vulnerability in PowerPoint that could allow an unauthorized attacker to execute code locally. However, when security...
Microsoft Patches Excel Code Execution Flaw CVE-2025-54904, but Mac LTSC Still Exposed
Administrators scrambling to lock down Microsoft Excel against a newly disclosed code execution vulnerability have hit a snag: the security updates for Office LTSC for Mac 2021 and 2024 are not yet...
CVE-2025-54905: Critical Microsoft Office Vulnerability Patched—Users Urged to Update Now
Microsoft has released a security patch for CVE-2025-54905, a dangerous untrusted pointer dereference vulnerability in Microsoft Office that could let attackers seize control of an unpatched system...
CVE-2025-54906: Microsoft Office Memory Bug Enables Code Execution via Malicious Docs – Patch Now
Microsoft has issued a security advisory for CVE-2025-54906, a critical memory-corruption vulnerability in Office that can lead to arbitrary code execution when a user opens or previews a specially...
Urgent Excel Security Fix: Use-After-Free Bug Opens Door to Code Execution — Mac LTSC Patches Delayed
Microsoft has issued a security advisory for CVE-2025-54903, a critical use-after-free vulnerability in Microsoft Excel that allows an attacker to execute code locally when a victim opens a...
CVE-2025-54902: Excel Out-of-Bounds Read Flaw Could Let Attackers Seize PCs—Mac Updates Still Missing
Microsoft has released a security update for a critical out-of-bounds read vulnerability in Excel that could allow remote code execution—but the patch is not yet available for Mac users. Tracked as...
CVE-2025-54899 Exposes Excel to Code Execution Attacks: Patch Deployed for Critical Memory-Safety Bug
Microsoft has released a security update to patch CVE-2025-54899, a memory-safety vulnerability in Excel that can allow attackers to execute arbitrary code on a victim's machine when a malicious...
Microsoft Patches Excel Vulnerability CVE-2025-54898: Out-of-Bounds Read Could Allow Code Execution
Microsoft has issued a security update for CVE-2025-54898, an out-of-bounds read vulnerability in Microsoft Excel that could be exploited by attackers to achieve local code execution when a user...