Microsoft Security Bulletin Releases for May 21, 2015

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Microsoft has published the Microsoft Security Bulletin Releases for May 21, 2015

Summary

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The following bulletins have undergone a major revision increment.

* MS15-044 - Critical

Bulletin Information:

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MS15-044 - Critical

- Title: Vulnerabilities in Microsoft Font Drivers Could Allow

Remote Code Execution (3057110)

- https://technet.microsoft.com/library/security/ms15-044

- Reason for Revision: V2.0 (May 21, 2015): Bulletin revised

to announce the availability of a new update (3065979) that

fixes a known issue that some customers experienced after

installing the 3045171 security update on all supported

editions of Windows 7/Windows 2008 R2 and earlier systems.

The 3045171 security update causes customer applications to

crash while attempting to create text-outline-based path

objects using GDI+. Customers who are experiencing this

known issue can correct the problem by installing the

3065979 update. See Microsoft Knowledge Base Article

3065979 for more information and download links.

- Originally posted: May 12, 2015

- Updated: May 21, 2015

- Bulletin Severity Rating: Critical

- Version: 2.0

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