Microsoft July 2022 Patch Tuesday fixes exploited zero-day, 84 flaws
Today is Microsoft’s July 2022 Patch Tuesday, and with it comes fixes for one actively exploited zero-day vulnerability and a total of 84 flaws.
Four of the 84 vulnerabilities fixed in today’s update are classified as ‘Critical’ as they allow remote code execution.
The number of bugs in each vulnerability category is listed below:
- 52 Elevation of Privilege Vulnerabilities
- 4 Security Feature Bypass Vulnerabilities
- 12 Remote Code Execution Vulnerabilities
- 11 Information Disclosure Vulnerabilities
- 5 Denial of Service Vulnerabilities
The above counts do not include two vulnerabilities previously fixed in Microsoft Edge.
Actively exploited zero-day fixed
This month’s Patch Tuesday fixes an actively exploited zero-day elevation of privileges vulnerability.
Microsoft classifies a vulnerability as a zero-day if it is publicly disclosed or actively exploited with no official fix available.
Actively exploited zero-day fixed
This month’s Patch Tuesday fixes an actively exploited zero-day elevation of privileges vulnerability.
Microsoft classifies a vulnerability as a zero-day if it is publicly disclosed or actively exploited with no official fix available.
Recent updates from other companies
- Adobe released security updates for Reader, Acrobat, Photoshop, RoboHelp, and Character and Animator.
- Cisco released security updates for numerous products this month.
- Google released Android’s July security updates, as well as updates for Google Chrome that fixed a zero-day.
- Intel has released an advisory on the new Retbleed vulnerabilities.
- SAP has released its July 2022 Patch Day updates.
- VMware released security updates.
The July 2022 Patch Tuesday Security Updates
To access the full description of each vulnerability and the systems that it affects, you can view the full report here.
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