Microsoft Security Updates for May, 2018

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The May security release consists of 68 CVEs, of which 21 are listed as Critical, 45 are rated Important, and two listed as Low in severity. Two are listed as being under active attack, and two more are listed as publicly known at the time of release.

The updates address Remote Code Execution, Denial of Service, Denial of Service, Information Disclosure, Elevation of Privilege, and Security Feature Bypass.

For more information about the updates released today, see https://portal.msrc.microsoft.com/en-us/security-guidance/summary. Updates can be sorted by OS from the search box. Information about the update for Windows 10 is available at Windows 10 Update History

As usual, Dustin Childs has provided a closer look at some of the patches for this month.in this month's Zero Day Initiative — The May 2018 Security Update Review.

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