Microsoft released their advance notification for February 2012 patch Tuesday. Microsoft will release 9 bulletins on February 14, 2012 addressing 21 vulnerabilities.

Severity Rating

  • 4 bulletin are rated Critical
  • 5 bulletins are rated Important

Vulnerability Impact

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

Affected Products:

  • All Supported Operating Systems.
  • Microsoft Office
  • Internet Explorer
  • Microsoft .Net Framework
  • Microsoft Silverlight

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.