The January 2015 Microsoft Security Updates

Today, as part of Update Tuesday, we released eight security updates – one rated Critical and seven rated Important in severity, to address eight unique Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures (CVEs) in Microsoft Windows.

We encourage you to apply all of these updates. For more information about this month’s security updates, including the detailed view of the Exploit Index (XI) broken down by each CVE, visit the Microsoft Bulletin Summary webpage. If you are not familiar with how we calculate XI, a full description can be found here.

We re-released one Security Bulletin:

• MS14-080 Cumulative Security Update for Internet Explorer

One Security Advisory was revised:

• Update for Vulnerabilities in Adobe Flash Player in Internet Explorer (2755801)

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MSRC Team