Description: Two vulnerabilities have been reported in Microsoft Office Web Components, which can be exploited by malicious people to compromise a vulnerable system.
1) An error in the management of memory when parsing certain URLs can be exploited to corrupt memory.
2) An error in the management of memory when parsing a specially crafted execution command can be exploited to corrupt memory.
Successful exploitation of the vulnerabilities may allow execution of arbitrary code when e.g. visiting a malicious website.
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