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Summary

This security update resolves vulnerabilities in Windows, the Microsoft .NET Framework, Microsoft Office, Microsoft Lync, and Microsoft Silverlight. The more severe of these vulnerabilities could allow for one of the following scenarios:

  • Remote code execution if a user opens a specially crafted document or goes to an untrusted webpage that contains embedded TrueType fonts

  • Elevation of privilege if an attacker logs on locally and runs arbitrary code in kernel mode. An attacker could then take the following actions:

    • Install programs

    • View, change, or delete data

    • Create new accounts that have full user rights

An attacker must have valid logon credentials and be able to log on locally to exploit this vulnerability. The vulnerability cannot be exploited remotely or by anonymous users.

Introduction

Microsoft has released security bulletin MS15-051. To learn more about this security bulletin:

How to obtain help and support for this security update

Help installing updates:
Support for Microsoft Update

Security solutions for IT professionals:
TechNet Security Troubleshooting and Support

Help protect your Windows-based computer from viruses and malware:
Virus Solution and Security Center

Local support according to your country:
International Support

More Information

Known issues and additional information about this security update

The following article contains additional information about this security update as it relates to individual product versions. The article may contain  information about known issues.

  • 3045171 MS15-044 and MS15-051: Description of the security updates for Windows font drivers Known issues in security update 3045171:

    • After you install this security update (3045171), you experience crashes when you use Windows GDI+ to create text outline-based path objects on a computer that's running Windows 7 or an earlier version of Windows.

      To resolve this problem, install update 3065979. For more information, click the following article number to go to the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

      3065979 "GsDraw error (1): GenericError" error occurs and application crashes when you create text outline in Windows

    • After you install this security update (3045171) on a computer that's running Windows Vista or Windows Server 2008, you may receive an error message that resembles the following for the FontCache service in the Services Microsoft Management Console (MMC):



      Failed to Read Description. Error Code: 15100



      When you open FontCache service in the Services MMC, you may receive an error message that resembles the following:


      Configuration Manager: A general error occurred

      The resource loader failed to find MUI file



      To resolve this problem, install update 971512. For more information, click the following article number to go to the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

      971512 Description of the Windows Graphics, Imaging, and XPS Library

Windows Server 2003 (all editions)Reference table

The following table contains the security update information for this software.

Security update file names

For all supported 32-bit editions of Windows Server 2003:
WindowsServer2003-KB3045171-x86-ENU.exe


For all supported x64-based editions of Windows Server 2003:
WindowsServer2003-KB3045171-x64-ENU.exe


For all supported Itanium-based editions of Windows Server 2003:
WindowsServer2003-KB3045171-ia64-ENU.exe

Installation switches

See Microsoft Knowledge Base Article 934307

Update log file

KB3045171.log

Restart requirement

Yes, you must restart your system after you apply this security update.

Removal information

Use the Add or Remove Programs item in Control Panel, or use the Spuninst.exe utility that is located in the %Windir%\$NTUninstallKB3045171$\Spuninst folder.

File information

See Microsoft Knowledge Base Article 3045171

Registry key verification

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Updates\Windows Server 2003\SP3\KB3045171\Filelist

Windows Vista (all editions)Reference table

The following table contains the security update information for this software.

Security update file names

For all supported 32-bit editions of Windows Vista:
Windows6.0-KB3045171-x86.msu


For all supported x64-based editions of Windows Vista:
Windows6.0-KB3045171-x64.msu

Installation switches

See Microsoft Knowledge Base Article 934307

Restart requirement

Yes, you must restart your system after you apply this security update.

Removal information

WUSA.exe does not support uninstall of updates. To uninstall an update that is installed by WUSA, click Control Panel, and then click Security. Under Windows Update, click View installed updates, and then select from the list of updates.

File information

See Microsoft Knowledge Base Article 3045171

Registry key verification

Note A registry key does not exist to validate the presence of this update.

Windows Server 2008 (all editions)Reference table

The following table contains the security update information for this software.

Security update file names

For all supported 32-bit editions of Windows Server 2008:
Windows6.0-KB3045171-x86.msu


For all supported x64-based editions of Windows Server 2008:
Windows6.0-KB3045171-x64.msu


For all supported Itanium-based editions of Windows Server 2008:
Windows6.0-KB3045171-ia64.msu

Installation switches

See Microsoft Knowledge Base Article 934307

Restart requirement

Yes, you must restart your system after you apply this security update.

Removal information

WUSA.exe does not support uninstall of updates. To uninstall an update that is installed by WUSA, click Control Panel, and then click Security. Under Windows Update, click View installed updates, and then select from the list of updates.

File information

See Microsoft Knowledge Base Article 3045171

Registry key verification

Note A registry key does not exist to validate the presence of this update.

Windows 7 (all editions)Reference table

The following table contains the security update information for this software.

Security update file name

For all supported 32-bit editions of Windows 7:
Windows6.1-KB3045171-x86.msu


For all supported x64-based editions of Windows 7:
Windows6.1-KB3045171-x64.msu

Installation switches

See Microsoft Knowledge Base Article 934307

Restart requirement

Yes, you must restart your system after you apply this security update.

Removal information

To uninstall an update that is installed by WUSA, use the /Uninstall setup switch. Or, click Control Panel, and then click System and Security. Under Windows Update, click View installed updates, and then select from the list of updates.

File information

See Microsoft Knowledge Base Article 3045171

Registry key verification

Note A registry key does not exist to validate the presence of this update.

Windows Server 2008 R2 (all editions)Reference table

The following table contains the security update information for this software.

Security update file name

For all supported x64-based editions of Windows Server 2008 R2:
Windows6.1-KB3045171-x64.msu


For all supported Itanium-based editions of Windows Server 2008 R2:
Windows6.1-KB3045171-ia64.msu

Installation switches

See Microsoft Knowledge Base Article 934307

Restart requirement

Yes, you must restart your system after you apply this security update.

Removal information

To uninstall an update that is installed by WUSA, use the /Uninstall setup switch. Or, click Control Panel, and then click System and Security. Under Windows Update, click View installed updates, and then select from the list of updates.

File information

See Microsoft Knowledge Base Article 3045171

Registry key verification

Note A registry key does not exist to validate the presence of this update.

Windows 8 and Windows 8.1 (all editions)Reference table

The following table contains the security update information for this software.

Security update file name

For all supported 32-bit editions of Windows 8:
Windows8-RT-KB3045171-x86.msu


For all supported x64-based editions of Windows 8:
Windows8-RT-KB3045171-x64.msu


For all supported 32-bit editions of Windows 8.1:
Windows8.1-KB3045171-x86.msu


For all supported x64-based editions of Windows 8.1:
Windows8.1-KB3045171-x64.msu

Installation switches

See Microsoft Knowledge Base Article 934307

Restart requirement

Yes, you must restart your system after you apply this security update.

Removal information

To uninstall an update that is installed by WUSA, use the /Uninstall setup switch. Or, click Control Panel, click System and Security, and then click Windows Update. Under See also, click Installed updates, and then select from the list of updates.

File information

See Microsoft Knowledge Base Article 3045171

Registry key verification

Note A registry key does not exist to validate the presence of this update.

Windows Server 2012 and Windows Server 2012 R2 (all editions)Reference table

The following table contains the security update information for this software.

Security update file name

For all supported editions of Windows Server 2012:
Windows8-RT-KB3045171-x64.msu


For all supported editions of Windows Server 2012 R2:
Windows8.1-KB3045171-x64.msu

Installation switches

See Microsoft Knowledge Base Article 934307

Restart requirement

Yes, you must restart your system after you apply this security update.

Removal information

To uninstall an update that is installed by WUSA, use the /Uninstall setup switch. Or, click Control Panel, click System and Security, and then click Windows Update. Under See also, click Installed updates, and then select from the list of updates.

File information

See Microsoft Knowledge Base Article 3045171

Registry key verification

Note A registry key does not exist to validate the presence of this update.

Windows RT and Windows RT 8.1 (all editions)Reference table

The following table contains the security update information for this software.

Deployment

These updates are available through Windows Update only.

Restart Requirement

Yes, you must restart your system after you apply this security update.

Removal Information

Click Control Panel, click System and Security, and then click Windows Update. Under See also, click Installed updates, and then select from the list of updates.

File Information

See Microsoft Knowledge Base Article 3045171


File information

File name

SHA1 hash

SHA256 hash

Windows6.0-KB3045171-ia64.msu

244587B36D7E82D315268046E73D3419DD603E52

AE0F76A5439C521608E5203CBD505E2964F51AC0EB6094E640889C4805B35BAE

Windows6.0-KB3045171-x64.msu

A96111F5702B4729B177A696326E8DC9E57098A7

24408616430A8B39D4465A9890CC0EB446492C86C3BF4DB4B71304998BC8B811

Windows6.0-KB3045171-x86.msu

620EA5CB09E9D2D1C1902FB55140C5C97960B868

8006121E38502A58E70E9A85A38B91297AA2345FB95566EBCA1B1823E816B932

Windows6.1-KB3045171-ia64.msu

E118BB9A405DA803A8B23F35B4B8D2740A21258E

8630F60B031BB6C0ADCB5462CDB49E519C1E3D389A119BA04B1D164F470E9DA9

Windows6.1-KB3045171-x64.msu

7BC15709A49983D14F746E7141EC1EDCDC71ADB5

B2A95E83161983805850EA3C06C5F4F5C649544857746C1C38B999DF1909A32E

Windows6.1-KB3045171-x86.msu

9AEDF5CEDA7F456ACD15F9FF8E7659D3C7E1DEE9

FC59D31BB53729CBF13F5D79A05349E2A6B4197611711AF4E734583F7301B370

Windows8.1-KB3045171-x64.msu

B787644D4D3252D44DB394130C7A9A1ADB6740B2

C3F433C272B71C6E81A0D0AF796CA7FB9137F692D3DB32AEACBAC9DEFE24D4B0

Windows8.1-KB3045171-x86.msu

027BCB69F530DDCE6BB05187F49213E85C0A18DF

672C3FA4D08CAF5448486D36BB25AB0FB3C5DFB958EB5EB3D810D93529E8E62C

Windows8-RT-KB3045171-x64.msu

71A6AFEF8AD048E56641B97BAAFDA787B98CAA66

7408B0330C95961C983E6294AB6AF615FA6EAEF0A12AC2ABFECF58367316E916

Windows8-RT-KB3045171-x86.msu

14EA14F7B808B29F452B198429932DFE660E638D

50AC479AE83A71A4DDF62F5FBE1F522268F904170C46E75BDD4B4FCAE540CC1C

WindowsServer2003-KB3045171-ia64-DEU.exe

4EAEDB9041E2A02F1CBDC397A59D9291BD9085C3

7EA950BAEEFBF6A996AD5F8FEEE604F20CE2AAD6295DA8C4FF91588A1F8190B7

WindowsServer2003-KB3045171-ia64-ENU.exe

42C90E2644544FB785C7F1EE4ED904C02B70A2BC

184CB189DE4B5E096F175DFBAA1D7F6BD8E961E5E6C51BFBE9E98EBDF217C049

WindowsServer2003-KB3045171-ia64-FRA.exe

EA8F4577B1F34E781D689F00A51677C529D3A314

E99431C93EA155690EF5EFEE6B7EC06B57CBC0B48024036DD53406EC6023A4D1

WindowsServer2003-KB3045171-ia64-JPN.exe

B62B39E06277ACFEF4F900C711BB2E09C657B613

9CBEE002B448AF388A7FC95DCE7A4DD2FA1283476B61A5784C0D2553D34AE28C

WindowsServer2003-KB3045171-x64-CHS.exe

7E54E45FD3F668C97F0E830E0F071A1B25502A98

7A88289E5F0C92890DD4EA9C85F83CE97A94C527EC477A03C63726AB14B55DEC

WindowsServer2003-KB3045171-x64-CHT.exe

1D8B89C0C3E4717CF7903A7CA5BC2EC351D616F6

5E07309D3074AF5A9056BC6A92BD1B0815CBA4188B56FC30517FD7EA53D16FFD

WindowsServer2003-KB3045171-x64-DEU.exe

865584B92193740FFC5CCEDF11FF67D5631A0754

B0747CA84CFAC4CF93C5C772867EEAB315A8B1B889FCC41581BE3AE3051A5D3A

WindowsServer2003-KB3045171-x64-ENU.exe

A3129F8EA90CE3F49D432BE087BCB2C086B22728

461BB729719E9BC3ABDA29D6D5B4C8D20FBA74FB4CC40F886EFFC4AE100BDC86

WindowsServer2003-KB3045171-x64-ESN.exe

5882B44F7402796D70B29C34A3757009C74CFA18

67B47DA2B1771D514A540DBD07816E3F7EEBE42F20EF82F6AE22CB602964B8BA

WindowsServer2003-KB3045171-x64-FRA.exe

7D710D51407192ABDA507CE58B063A11A73078CD

874BC86503FC78DFBE0FFC4896007723525B4FECB987E42CD50B1BF9790A205C

WindowsServer2003-KB3045171-x64-ITA.exe

FF5391B665D3757524795BC261914BA2F398B04F

BD86BFA696C0834957B4682DB988F2669BBCE9CB8D968D93740E6130229A7099

WindowsServer2003-KB3045171-x64-JPN.exe

390441641B45570BA10B05A1685B0A2E53FEFD36

DD39E8C4A1B64FB59029D348D0765D2EEBBB8AC6A33AF9C216A1469504F5A08A

WindowsServer2003-KB3045171-x64-KOR.exe

ABD6F0F4BEA723F0CEBFCC7A3355737EB5286C9A

46246DF6F98FE753720402F91B85977C3FAB1A38331ACFF0E3029760EAF8D35D

WindowsServer2003-KB3045171-x64-PTB.exe

823AC2F0E5B4A74530AAD2C63BE8255FBA833FDA

8F6F3CA8182781D4FFC3006B95BFE79FABE9270526E7FB61A2AE4DEF91A8DB56

WindowsServer2003-KB3045171-x64-RUS.exe

38A316E1E2837E1A5002ADA9A62D0CC2DD839213

32261A4A2974085FD356EE3226A781308D7F58BF8AE7169DC1D8A00EF794880D

WindowsServer2003-KB3045171-x86-CHS.exe

D6DB53026F2372C2179BCCD3D0D78EDC5866843B

1EC4955C69D1221A9BB1A00111500DA87B17E3628485852B2F1FDAA988F72314

WindowsServer2003-KB3045171-x86-CHT.exe

3F108F3479A77B0B8775720B7D8364A4BC851D35

CF1D664E55F1488D158978C13EC91EF054D648EEA3BC8D3DCA292C7C14349E99

WindowsServer2003-KB3045171-x86-CSY.exe

7C7014EABA21B8581942712EFED6AB4548D9941D

E1509DADD5AB657ED1657A778B4BAED9D1DCB9E83F19C505019CFC50DA3EF510

WindowsServer2003-KB3045171-x86-DEU.exe

8D18201139A418D03194BF0C02EA2C05367B4C60

01584565C6883A091064229E0D8EE4605BAC196670CFC14563DE58E763391B1F

WindowsServer2003-KB3045171-x86-ENU.exe

1EFAA58A56C7A1657D52368FC03C848A0DF02065

900D5B475D3627699C96E09FDA9958B635ACD3F3B7F4F5B1ACDEA5E9E50F8167

WindowsServer2003-KB3045171-x86-ESN.exe

F7B1291B5442570784012A403563802803002EBB

EAA5944B515F49E5EC84306675C1B1BB09EF7FC2F21592E553E8CD50251ACCB5

WindowsServer2003-KB3045171-x86-FRA.exe

5BD1F9BD3D0FFB0BFC9DFAAC6CF33E085AB2B1EE

5034DDDFC13A61442159626C9E563CF4B5FB6BEADD7C697C4DE597DC24EBCD7C

WindowsServer2003-KB3045171-x86-HUN.exe

71BF31CDD40641B8C5D7E138722BEF89F8F22C58

D83F21FEFBF5443FF93D656DF43FC56EF97839DF33E465F79BFBD496CB348FB5

WindowsServer2003-KB3045171-x86-ITA.exe

2973B2F02006A8474E111F990908FDCD918509B9

6C080F8F350E9D48EE6036815803CE33A056CE5865128FF533EDD73E3D5AAA43

WindowsServer2003-KB3045171-x86-JPN.exe

521FD8869F610211BF7A8037C934B3B35B81F30A

26E337842747D3BD051C68B292CC70FE661DEF2408F1DE56B56932B0F39F4DE9

WindowsServer2003-KB3045171-x86-KOR.exe

E941CAD25C216EB06198A765743F66CFB40BAC80

40F5BA2AAE85D72BC7AA5EC067787A59AF40E250DB0E8B3493A82945CC8A504F

WindowsServer2003-KB3045171-x86-NLD.exe

81D0F67B3D1A084B30AFFAE04B7604A22FAA82AB

4D46B6A5EFAB61529C12FC7D447C0B58E7D9C8D97DC76B044A9730E3777515ED

WindowsServer2003-KB3045171-x86-PLK.exe

B75CA95EDEF6C502F8CAF8448BEE5B569B97F4B3

DEEEC6B0602B946C6DA2A16F591D4682E912450D4521ADD7044F6A5BF07D64B5

WindowsServer2003-KB3045171-x86-PTB.exe

3F2957CBF037CF2D914C39A64ED7EFFB7879422C

FF41E5425D91E74DC93D59727F94D7FA31EF30C7AAD11A1D992954AB059482D8

WindowsServer2003-KB3045171-x86-PTG.exe

31658A69D55A28E63EB6AC9EB52BF08CC3FA25F9

885D115CF5A98E2B8E32682182E9F714BE1A89BA8A9D06D70C0A0147B932F239

WindowsServer2003-KB3045171-x86-RUS.exe

070F8DF1DB761134134ADD755B56B7DC51300A24

32CF3A5A206E2710D1BF804C6B792468D5A4DEAD729B83E82666EB26EC77784D

WindowsServer2003-KB3045171-x86-SVE.exe

379F14B4B8154AC0483AB01BD45DD4E678D1378A

194036D91AD629359AB3F8FC532649B8CAE41364B06AD7AF6A8B9F0CDBEA5AE6

WindowsServer2003-KB3045171-x86-TRK.exe

1E102AF5B7739DDC6E1C75D56181F8C72CAFC8D0

70BF8656007077ABD17E8F0C01F681B55135FB694E2BB8E5E5F22A8B790F2587


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