{"id":37650,"date":"2025-04-09T14:26:52","date_gmt":"2025-04-09T12:26:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/159.69.82.204\/win\/?p=37650"},"modified":"2025-04-10T15:49:17","modified_gmt":"2025-04-10T13:49:17","slug":"word-excel-2016-crashing-after-april-2025-update-kb5002700","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/borncity.com\/win\/2025\/04\/09\/word-excel-2016-crashing-after-april-2025-update-kb5002700\/","title":{"rendered":"Word\/Excel 2016 crashing after April 2025 update KB5002700"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"margin: 0px 10px 0px 0px; display: inline; float: left;\" src=\"https:\/\/www.borncity.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/Office1.jpg\" width=\"55\" height=\"60\" align=\"left\" \/>[<a href=\"https:\/\/www.borncity.com\/blog\/2025\/04\/09\/word-2016-abstuerze-nach-april-2025-update-kb5002700\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">German<\/a>]Die Sicherheitsupdates vom 8. April 2025 f\u00fcr Microsoft Office scheinen einige Kollateralsch\u00e4den zu verursachen. Neben dem Outlook 2016-Kalender-Problem scheint das Microsoft das Office-Update KB5002700 auch Word 2016 sowie Excel 2016 zum Absturz zu bringen.<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<h2>Office 2016 Update KB5002700<\/h2>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/vg06.met.vgwort.de\/na\/12777b63ad1143b2999ea2bc1ef1a265\" alt=\"\" width=\"1\" height=\"1\" \/>Update <a href=\"https:\/\/support.microsoft.com\/en-us\/topic\/description-of-the-security-update-for-office-2016-april-8-2025-kb5002700-a117656e-2724-449f-8245-2d5128de1241\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">KB5002700<\/a>\u00a0or Microsoft Office 2016 was released on April 8, 2025. It closes a remote code vulnerability. a privilege elevation vulnerability in Microsoft Office, a security feature bypass vulnerability in Microsoft Word, and a remote code execution vulnerability in Microsoft Excel. Here is the list of vulnerabilities that are addressed:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a class=\"ocpExternalLink\" href=\"https:\/\/msrc.microsoft.com\/update-guide\/en-US\/vulnerability\/CVE-2025-29791\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-bi-type=\"anchor\">Microsoft Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures CVE-2025-29791<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a class=\"ocpExternalLink\" href=\"https:\/\/msrc.microsoft.com\/update-guide\/en-US\/vulnerability\/CVE-2025-29792\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-bi-type=\"anchor\">Microsoft Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures CVE-2025-29792<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a class=\"ocpExternalLink\" href=\"https:\/\/msrc.microsoft.com\/update-guide\/en-US\/vulnerability\/CVE-2025-29816\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-bi-type=\"anchor\">Microsoft Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures CVE-2025-29816<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a class=\"ocpExternalLink\" href=\"https:\/\/msrc.microsoft.com\/update-guide\/en-US\/vulnerability\/CVE-2025-27745\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-bi-type=\"anchor\">Microsoft Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures CVE-2025-27745<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a class=\"ocpExternalLink\" href=\"https:\/\/msrc.microsoft.com\/update-guide\/en-US\/vulnerability\/CVE-2025-27748\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-bi-type=\"anchor\">Microsoft Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures CVE-2025-27748<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a class=\"ocpExternalLink\" href=\"https:\/\/msrc.microsoft.com\/update-guide\/en-US\/vulnerability\/CVE-2025-27749\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-bi-type=\"anchor\">Microsoft Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures CVE-2025-27749<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a class=\"ocpExternalLink\" href=\"https:\/\/msrc.microsoft.com\/update-guide\/en-US\/vulnerability\/CVE-2025-27752\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-bi-type=\"anchor\">Microsoft Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures CVE-2025-27752<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The installation of the security update should actually be necessary. But this update is causing problems. Shortly after its release, there were already initial reports of Outlook 2016 crashes. I addressed this problem in the blog post <a href=\"https:\/\/borncity.com\/win\/2025\/04\/09\/outlook-2016-calendar-access-blocked-after-april-2025-update-kb5002700\/\" rel=\"bookmark\">Outlook 2016: Calendar access blocked after April 2025 update KB5002700<\/a>. Outlook 2016 crashes when accessing the calendar. As a workaround, you can deactivate the weather integration.<\/p>\n<h2>Word 2016\/Excel 2016 crashes due to the update?<\/h2>\n<p>I have now received several reports from readers that Microsoft Word 2016 has also been affected by the April 2025 updates. The program crashes. Peter writes in<a href=\"https:\/\/www.borncity.com\/blog\/2025\/04\/09\/outlook-2016-kalender-zugriff-nach-april-2025-update-kb5002700-gesperrt\/#comment-213764\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"> this German comment<\/a> that in his environment Microsoft Word 2016 is causing massive problems for users after the April 2025 patchday with crashes during all kinds of actions.<\/p>\n<p>German blog reader CG <a href=\"https:\/\/www.borncity.com\/blog\/2025\/04\/09\/outlook-2016-kalender-zugriff-nach-april-2025-update-kb5002700-gesperrt\/#comment-213743\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">reported<\/a>, that he had problems with Microsoft Office 2016 (MSI installation) on two computers. Word 2015 crashed for him directly on startup. J\u00f6rg also writes in<a href=\"https:\/\/www.borncity.com\/blog\/2025\/04\/09\/outlook-2016-kalender-zugriff-nach-april-2025-update-kb5002700-gesperrt\/#comment-213799\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"> this German comment<\/a> about problems that affect Microsoft Office 2016 (MSI version) with both Word 2016 and Excel 2016. When you start Word or Excel and click on a new sheet, Word\/Excel crashes. Existing documents can be opened.<\/p>\n<p>J\u00f6rg writes: \"It looks like the Word\/Excel problems only exist under Windows 11 (here 24H2) &#8211; under Windows 10 (22H2) there are no problems.\"<\/p>\n<p>There is also a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.reddit.com\/r\/sysadmin\/comments\/1ju4sao\/comment\/mm6apud\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Patchday thread on reddit.com<\/a> with reports, where Excel 2016 and Word 2016 crashes, are addressed. In all the reports I've come across on the blog, uninstalling KB5002700 fixes these issues.<\/p>\n<h2>Is an Adobe plugin to blame?<\/h2>\n<p>German blog reader ZRA65498 also posted a comment complaining about Word 2016 crashes. In <a href=\"https:\/\/www.borncity.com\/blog\/2025\/04\/09\/outlook-2016-kalender-zugriff-nach-april-2025-update-kb5002700-gesperrt\/#comment-213819\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">this German comment<\/a>, he writes that he was able to solve the problem. He found out that there is a connection with the Adobe add-in in his environment.<\/p>\n<p>As a solution, he set the Loadbehavior mode for the <em>PDFMaker.OfficeAddin<\/em> addin to 0 via group policy. Since then, the problem has been solved in his environment.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Addendum:<\/strong> The issues has been fixed with another update, see\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/borncity.com\/win\/2025\/04\/10\/office-2016-update-kb5002623-fixes-crashes-in-excel-outlook-word-april-10-2025\/\">Office 2016 update KB5002623 fixes crashes in Excel, Outlook, Word (April 10, 2025)<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Similar articles:<\/strong><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/borncity.com\/win\/2025\/04\/09\/microsoft-security-update-summary-april-8-2025\/\">Microsoft Security Update Summary (April 8, 2025)<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/borncity.com\/win\/2025\/04\/09\/patchday-windows-10-11-updates-april-8-2025\/\">Patchday: Windows 10\/11 Updates (April 8, 2025)<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/borncity.com\/win\/2025\/04\/09\/patchday-windows-server-updates-8-april-2025\/\">Patchday: Windows Server-Updates (April 8, 2025)<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/borncity.com\/win\/2025\/04\/10\/patchday-microsoft-office-updates-april-8-2025\/\">Patchday: Microsoft Office Updates (April 8, 2025)<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/borncity.com\/win\/2025\/04\/09\/word-excel-2016-crashing-after-april-2025-update-kb5002700\/\">Word\/Excel 2016 crashing after April 2025 update KB5002700<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/borncity.com\/win\/2025\/04\/09\/outlook-2016-calendar-access-blocked-after-april-2025-update-kb5002700\/\" rel=\"bookmark\">Outlook 2016: Calendar access blocked after April 2025 update KB5002700<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[German]Die Sicherheitsupdates vom 8. April 2025 f\u00fcr Microsoft Office scheinen einige Kollateralsch\u00e4den zu verursachen. 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