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Today is Microsoft's August 2024 Patch Tuesday, which includes security updates for 89 flaws, including six actively exploited and three publicly disclosed zero-days. Microsoft is still working on an update for a tenth publicly disclosed zero-day.
This Patch Tuesday fixed eight critical vulnerabilities, which were a mixture of elevation of privileges, remote code execution, and information disclosure.
The number of bugs in each vulnerability category is listed below:
The number of bugs listed above do not include Microsoft Edge flaws that were disclosed earlier this month.
- 36 Elevation of Privilege Vulnerabilities
- 4 Security Feature Bypass Vulnerabilities
- 28 Remote Code Execution Vulnerabilities
- 8 Information Disclosure Vulnerabilities
- 6 Denial of Service Vulnerabilities
- 7 Spoofing Vulnerabilities
To learn more about the non-security updates released today, you can review our dedicated articles on the new Windows 11 KB5041585 update and Windows 10 KB5041580 update.
Microsoft August 2024 Patch Tuesday fixes 9 zero-days, 6 exploited
Today is Microsoft's August 2024 Patch Tuesday, which includes security updates for 89 flaws, including six actively exploited and three publicly disclosed zero-days. Microsoft is still working on an update for a tenth publicly disclosed zero-day.
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