Microsoft's First Patch Tuesday of 2021 Addresses 83 CVEs

In its first Patch Tuesday of 2021, Microsoft addressed 83 CVEs, 10 of which were rated critical. Compared to January 2020’s Patch Tuesday release, which addressed 49 CVEs, this is a 69% increase in the number of CVEs patched by Microsoft. We expect 2021 to be another banner year for Patch Tuesday vulnerability disclosures.

This month's Patch Tuesday release includes fixes for Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Edge (EdgeHTML-based), Microsoft Office and Microsoft Office Services and Web Apps, Microsoft Windows Codecs Library, Visual Studio, SQL Server, Microsoft Malware Protection Engine, .NET Core, .NET Repository, ASP .NET and Azure.

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