<p>Microsoft Thursday announced it will address 14 vulnerabilities, including several flaws in Microsoft Office applications, in its next round of security updates.</p><p>Microsoft's September Patch Tuesday Advance Notification includes 14 security bulletins -- significantly more than the usual eight or nine -- that are mostly desktop vulnerabilities. The preview includes five vulnerabilities for Microsoft Office, one of which is critical.</p><p>In addition, eight of the 14 bulletins involve remote code execution, which involves vulnerabilities that allow cybercriminals or hackers to remotely initiate unauthenticated commands on unsuspecting networks.</p><p>[Related: 10 Trending Cyberthreat Attacks In 2013]</p><p><a href="http://www.crn.com/news/security/240160893/patch-tuesday-preview-microsoft-to-address-office-application-vulnerabilities.htm">Keep reading...</a></p><p>Read also:</p><p><a href="http://threatpost.com/critical-office-sharepoint-patches-await-september-patch-tuesday-release-2/102205">Critical Office, SharePoint Patches Await September Patch Tuesday Release</a> (Threatpost)</p><p><a href="http://www.tomshardware.com/news/patch-14-flaws-critical-september,24164.html">Microsoft to Fix 14 Flaws This Coming Patch Tuesday</a> (Tom's Hardware Guide)</p><p><a href="http://grahamcluley.com/2013/09/critical-security-patches/">Critical security patches from Microsoft are around the corner</a> (Graham Cluley Security News)</p><p>Explore: <a href="http://news.google.com/news/more?ncl=dFplP2jbK_Z2SlM2IyP5Rta8yi_mM&ned=us">17 additional articles.</a></p>