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Use after free in Microsoft Office Word allows an unauthorized attacker to execute code locally.

Heap-based buffer overflow in Microsoft Office Excel allows an unauthorized attacker to execute code locally.

**Is the Preview Pane an attack vector for this vulnerability?** No, the Preview Pane is not an attack vector.

Use after free in Microsoft Office Visio allows an unauthorized attacker to execute code locally.

Incorrect conversion between numeric types in Microsoft Office Word allows an unauthorized attacker to execute code locally.

Heap-based buffer overflow in Microsoft Office allows an authorized attacker to execute code locally.

**According to the CVSS metric, the attack complexity is high (AC:H). What does that mean for this vulnerability?** A race condition is triggered when the admin begins administering from the host system and not a guest or nested guest.

**According to the CVSS metric, the attack vector is local (AV:L). Why does the CVE title indicate that this is a remote code execution?** The word **Remote** in the title refers to the location of the attacker. This type of exploit is sometimes referred to as Arbitrary Code Execution (ACE). The attack itself is carried out locally. This means an attacker or victim needs to execute code from the local machine to exploit the vulnerability.

Deserialization of untrusted data in Microsoft Office SharePoint allows an authorized attacker to execute code over a network.

Heap-based buffer overflow in Microsoft Teams allows an unauthorized attacker to execute code over a network.