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Microsoft releases December 2022 Security updates

Microsoft has released updates to address multiple vulnerabilities in Microsoft software. Microsoft has fixed a total of 49 vulnerabilities with Microsoft's December 2022 Patch Tuesday.

Of the fixed vulnerabilities: 19 are elevation of privilege vulnerabilities, 2 are security feature bypass vulnerabilities, 23 are remote code execution vulnerabilities, 3 are information disclosure vulnerabilities, 3 are denial of service vulnerabilities and 1 are spoofing vulnerabilities.

This month's Patch Tuesday also includes fixes for two zero-day vulnerabilities:

  • CVE-2022-44698 - Windows SmartScreen Security Feature Bypass Vulnerability;
  • CVE-2022-44710 - DirectX Graphics Kernel Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability.

More information on vulnerabilities and updates is available in the Microsoft’s December 2022 Security Updates page – microsoft.com.

14 December 2022

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