Microsoft released their advance notification for March 2012 patch Tuesday. Microsoft will release 6 bulletins on March 13, 2012 addressing 7 vulnerabilities.

Severity Rating

  • 1 bulletin rated Critical
  • 4 bulletins are rated Important
  • 1 bulletin rated Moderate

Vulnerability Impact

  • 2 vulnerabilities can lead to Remote Code Execution
  • 2 vulnerabilities can lead to Elevation of Privilege
  • 2 vulnerabilities can lead to Denial of Service

Affected Products:

  • All Supported Operating Systems.
  • Microsoft Visual Studio

Once the bulletins are released, the Patch Assessment team at Desktop Central will test all the patches pertaining to these bulletins and update their central patch database at the earliest.