Resolves a vulnerability in Windows DirectWrite that could allow denial of service if an attacker sends a specially crafted sequence of Unicode characters directly to an Instant Messenger client.

The MANIFEST files (.manifest) and the MUM files (.mum) that are installed for each environment are listed separately. MUM and MANIFEST files, and the associated security catalog (.cat) files, are critical to maintaining the state of the updated component.

Introduction. This article describes a microcode update for Intel processors. This update improves the reliability of x64-based versions of Windows that uses certain Intel processors. This update fixes an issue in which the operating system might function incorrectly. These issues are not common.

This security update resolves vulnerabilities in Microsoft Office that could allow remote code execution if a user opens a specially crafted Office file. To learn more about these vulnerabilities, see Microsoft Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures CVE-2017-0281.

This update includes a fix for an incorrect device driver (“Microsoft – WPD – 2/22/2016 12:00:00 AM - 5.2.5326.4762”) that was released by a third-party on March 8, 2017 that affected a small group of users with USB connected phones or other media devices that rely on Media Transfer Protocol (MTP).

Fixes an issue in which the installation of a cumulative update to an instance of SQL Server 2008 R2 fails. This issue occurs when the performance counters for SQL Server Agent are being used or locked.

Known issues with this security update. After you install this security update on your computer that is running Windows 7 or Windows Server 2008 R2, you may experience a system crash or an unexpected restart. To resolve this issue, install hotfix 3000064.

This security update resolves vulnerabilities in Microsoft Office that could allow remote code execution if a user opens a specially crafted Office file. To learn more about these vulnerabilities, see Microsoft Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures CVE-2017-8509.

Describes an update that enables you to update Windows 8 or Windows RT when Windows 8.1 and Windows 8.1 RT are available from the Windows Store. Fixes some issues that occur in Windows 8 Enterprise, Windows Server 2012, and volume licensed installations of Windows 8.

Introduction. Issues that this update package fixes. This update improves the reliability, stability, and performance of Lync Server 2010, Web Components Server. This update also includes the updates that are described in the following Microsoft Knowledge Base articles: