Patch tracker / CVE reference / CVE-2025-49705
CVE-2025-49705
CVE-2025-49705 is a high severity Microsoft vulnerability with a CVSS score of 7.8. Microsoft has shipped the fix: deploy the update below from the Microsoft Update Catalog, and see where this CVE sits against the rest on the patch tracker.
Risk summary
Not in the CISA KEV catalog. EPSS exploit probability <1%. CVSS 7.8 (High).
This CVE is among the lower half of tracked Microsoft CVEs by EPSS exploit probability.
A PowerPoint remote code execution vulnerability with an EPSS score of effectively zero, affecting Office 2019 and Microsoft 365 Apps for Enterprise 32-bit at CVSS 7.8, High Severity. Nothing in the current signals suggests attacker interest, and presentation-based exploitation requires a user to open the file. This is the definition of a routine monthly patch item.
Do this: Include it in the regular Office update cycle; spend expedited effort on the SharePoint-affecting Word flaw instead.
AI-generated from public data, 2026-07-07. Verify against the vendor advisory before acting.
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Official patch(es) for CVE-2025-49705
Moderate priority: schedule it in your normal patch cycle. In Intune or Defender, confirm whether the fixing update KB5002746 are installed across the affected products. Senserva does this automatically across your tenant and flags every missing patch.
Apply the Microsoft security update below to fix CVE-2025-49705. Each KB page carries the Microsoft Update Catalog download, Microsoft's known issues for the update, a copy-paste PowerShell check for whether it is installed, and the Senserva AI read.
Scope and sources
- Affected products
- Fixed by the same update
- Authoritative references
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