Commented Unassigned: Crash when opening a file with a broken link [12727]

I have an .xlsx file with a cell containing "a@" - kind of a broken email address. When I try to open it using new XSSFWorkbook(file).

Exception: UrlFormatException
Invalid URI: The hostname could not be parsed.
Comments: ** Comment from web user: eldarkra **

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