Microsoft Releases Advance Notification for May 2012 Patch Tuesday


Microsoft released their advance notification for May 2012 patch Tuesday. Microsoft will release 7 bulletins on May 8, 2012 addressing 23 vulnerabilities.

Severity Rating
  • 3 bulletins are rated Critical
  • 4 bulletins are rated Important
Vulnerability Impact
  • 5 vulnerabilities can lead to Remote Code Execution
  • 2 vulnerabilities can lead to Elevation of Privilege
Affected Products:
  • All Supported Operating Systems.
  • Microsoft Office
  • Microsoft Silverlight
  • .Net Framework
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.