Oracle October 2024 Critical Patch Update Addresses 198 CVEs

On October 15, Oracle released its Critical Patch Update (CPU) for October 2024, the fourth and final quarterly update of the year. This CPU contains fixes for 198 CVEs in 334 security updates across 28 Oracle product families. Out of the 334 security updates published this quarter, 10.5% of patches were assigned a critical severity. High severity patches accounted for the bulk of security patches at 44.6%, followed by medium severity patches at 39.5%.

This quarter, the Oracle Commerce product family contained the highest number of patches at 100, accounting for 29.9% of the total patches, followed by Oracle Hyperion at 45 patches, which accounted for 13.5% of the total patches.  

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