Microsoft released their advance notification for August 2012 patch Tuesday. Microsoft will release 9 bulletins on August 14, 2012 addressing 10 vulnerabilities.

Severity Rating

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

Vulnerability Impact

  • 8 vulnerabilities can lead to Remote Code Execution
  • 1 vulnerability can lead to Elevation of Privilege

Affected Products:

  • All Supported Operating Systems.
  • Microsoft Office
  • Internet Explorer
  • Microsoft Developer tools
  • Microsoft Server 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.

  1. Guys,

    It’s the end of Thursday 16/08 and I’ve only just got this message in DesktopCentral. Can somebody please confirm what part exactly is advanced notification, being almost two full days after the event!?

    Regards,

    David Jones