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Latest Patch Tuesday updates fix an astonishing 99 CVEs
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Published onFebruary 11, 2020
published onFebruary 11, 2020
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Microsoftjust released the second major round of updates for the year 2020, and they bring improvement and fixes for several features, including:
99 different CVEs were fixed by this latest update
Adobe products
The Adobe release for February includes five bulletins addressing a total of 42 CVEs in Framemaker, Experience Manager, Adobe Digital Editions, Flash, and Acrobat and Reader. It is worth mentioning that Framemaker alone needed fixes for 21 Critical-rated bugs.
Acrobat and Reader was second place with 17 CVEs associated with it, most of which were Use-After-Free (UAF) bugs. Third place was Adobe Digital Editions with 2 CVEs, and Flash Player with only one CVE.
Microsoftpatches
The February security release consists of security updates that fixed 99 different CVEs for the following software:
12 of these CVEs were listed asCritical, and the other 87 were classified asImportant in severity.
Which were some of the most severe CVEs?
Some of the most important CVEs, out of which some were also exploited to a certain degree, are the following:
CVE-2020-0674
CVE-2020-0688
CVE-2020-0729
CVE-2020-0689
CVE-2020-0662
These are the most important CVEs covered byMicrosoftduring theFebruary 2020 round of Patch Tuesday Updates. For the next set of updates, users will have to wait until March 10.
How do I get the latest updates?
The updates are available via all known sources, which include:
If you have any other questions or suggestions, don’t hesitate to reach for the comments section below.
Editor’s Note:If you want to know everything there is to know onPatch Tuesday, check outthis in-depth guide.
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Teodor Nechita
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