Microsoft released their advance notification for January 2012 patch Tuesday. Microsoft will release 7 bulletins on January 10, 2012 addressing 8 vulnerabilities.

Severity Rating

  • 1 bulletin is rated Critical
  • 6 bulletins are rated Important

Vulnerability Impact

  • 3 vulnerabilities can lead to Remote Code Execution
  • 1 vulnerabilities can lead to Elevation of Privilege
  • 2 vulnerabilities can lead to Information Disclosure
  • 1 vulnerabilities can lead to Security Feature Bypass

Affected Products:

  • All Supported Operating Systems.
  • Microsoft Developer Tools and Software

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.