Summary

This security update resolves one publicly disclosed and five privately reported vulnerabilities in Microsoft Windows. The most severe of the vulnerabilities could allow remote code execution if an attacker convinces a user to open a specially crafted document or visit an untrusted website that contains embedded TrueType fonts.

INTRODUCTION

Microsoft has released security bulletin MS15-010. To learn more about this security bulletin:

How to obtain help and support for this security update

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More Information

Known issues with this security update

  • After you install security update 3013455, you may notice some decrease in text quality in certain scenarios. The problem occurs only on systems that are running one of the following operating systems:

    • Windows Vista SP2

    • Windows Server 2008 SP2

    • Windows Server 2003 SP2

    To resolve this issue, install update 3037639. For more information, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

    3037639 Fix for text quality degradation after security update 3013455 (MS15-010) is installed

This issue is resolved by security update 3034344 which is described in security bulletin MS15-023.

FILE INFORMATION

The English (United States) version of this software update installs files that have the attributes that are listed in the following tables. The dates and times for these files are listed in Coordinated Universal Time (UTC). The dates and times for these files on your local computer are displayed in your local time and with your current daylight saving time (DST) bias. Additionally, the dates and times may change when you perform certain operations on the files.

  • The files that apply to a specific milestone (SPn) and service branch (QFE, GDR) are noted in the "SP requirement" and "Service branch" columns.

  • GDR service branches contain only those fixes that are widely released to address widespread, critical issues. QFE service branches contain hotfixes in addition to widely released fixes.

  • In addition to the files that are listed in these tables, this software update also installs an associated security catalog file (KBnumber.cat) that is signed with a Microsoft digital signature.

For all supported x64-based versions of Windows Server 2003

File name

File version

File size

Date

Time

Platform

SP requirement

Service branch

Spuninst.exe

6.3.4.1

293,168

09-Jan-2015

02:20

x64

None

Not applicable

Win32k.sys

5.2.3790.5513

4,658,688

09-Jan-2015

02:17

x64

SP2

SP2QFE

For all supported x86-based versions of Windows Server 2003

File name

File version

File size

Date

Time

Platform

SP requirement

Service branch

Spuninst.exe

6.3.4.1

221,488

16-May-2014

03:14

x86

None

Not applicable

Win32k.sys

5.2.3790.5513

1,890,816

09-Jan-2015

01:51

x86

SP2

SP2QFE

For all supported IA-64-based versions of Windows Server 2003

File name

File version

File size

Date

Time

Platform

SP requirement

Service branch

Spuninst.exe

6.3.4.1

501,552

09-Jan-2015

02:20

IA-64

None

Not applicable

Win32k.sys

5.2.3790.5513

5,681,664

09-Jan-2015

02:17

IA-64

SP2

SP2QFE

  • The files that apply to a specific product, milestone (SPn), and service branch (LDR, GDR) can be identified by examining the file version numbers as shown in the following table.

    Version

    Product

    Milestone

    Service branch

    6.0.6002. 18 xxx

    Windows Vista SP2 and Windows Server 2008 SP2

    SP2

    GDR

    6.0.6002. 23 xxx

    Windows Vista SP2 and Windows Server 2008 SP2

    SP2

    LDR

  • GDR service branches contain only those fixes that are widely released to address widespread, critical issues. LDR service branches contain hotfixes in addition to widely released fixes.

Note The MANIFEST files (.manifest) and MUM files (.mum) that are installed are not listed.

For all supported x86-based versions of Windows Vista and Windows Server 2008

File name

File version

File size

Date

Time

Platform

Win32k.sys

6.0.6002.19279

2,063,360

09-Jan-2015

00:20

x86

Win32k.sys

6.0.6002.23588

2,071,040

09-Jan-2015

00:15

x86

For all supported x64-based versions of Windows Vista and Windows Server 2008

File name

File version

File size

Date

Time

Platform

Win32k.sys

6.0.6002.19279

2,790,912

09-Jan-2015

00:34

x64

Win32k.sys

6.0.6002.23588

2,793,472

09-Jan-2015

00:44

x64

For all supported IA-64-based versions of Windows Server 2008

File name

File version

File size

Date

Time

Platform

Win32k.sys

6.0.6002.19279

6,678,016

09-Jan-2015

00:19

IA-64

Win32k.sys

6.0.6002.23588

6,688,256

09-Jan-2015

00:18

IA-64

  • The files that apply to a specific product, milestone (RTM, SPn), and service branch (LDR, GDR) can be identified by examining the file version numbers as shown in the following table.

    Version

    Product

    Milestone

    Service branch

    6.1.7601. 18 xxx

    Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008 R2

    SP1

    GDR

    6.1.7601. 22 xxx

    Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008 R2

    SP1

    LDR

  • GDR service branches contain only those fixes that are widely released to address widespread, critical issues. LDR service branches contain hotfixes in addition to widely released fixes.

Note The MANIFEST files (.manifest) and MUM files (.mum) that are installed are not listed.

For all supported x86-based versions of Windows 7

File name

File version

File size

Date

Time

Platform

Win32k.sys

6.1.7601.18713

2,380,288

09-Jan-2015

01:45

x86

Win32k.sys

6.1.7601.22919

2,388,992

09-Jan-2015

01:52

x86

For all supported x64-based versions of Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008 R2

File name

File version

File size

Date

Time

Platform

Win32k.sys

6.1.7601.18713

3,201,536

09-Jan-2015

02:03

x64

Win32k.sys

6.1.7601.22919

3,204,608

09-Jan-2015

02:05

x64

For all supported IA-64-based versions of Windows Server 2008 R2

File name

File version

File size

Date

Time

Platform

Win32k.sys

6.1.7601.18713

7,504,896

09-Jan-2015

01:42

IA-64

Win32k.sys

6.1.7601.22919

7,507,968

09-Jan-2015

01:38

IA-64

  • The files that apply to a specific product, milestone (RTM,SPn), and service branch (LDR, GDR) can be identified by examining the file version numbers as shown in the following table.

    Version

    Product

    Milestone

    Service branch

    6.2.920 0.16xxx

    Windows 8 and Windows Server 2012

    RTM

    GDR

    6.2.920 0.20xxx

    Windows 8 and Windows Server 2012

    RTM

    LDR

  • GDR service branches contain only those fixes that are widely released to address widespread, critical issues. LDR service branches contain hotfixes in addition to widely released fixes.

Note The MANIFEST files (.manifest) and MUM files (.mum) that are installed are not listed.

For all supported x86-based versions of Windows 8

File name

File version

File size

Date

Time

Platform

Win32k.ptxml

Not applicable

4,172

11-Oct-2012

00:38

Not applicable

Win32k.sys

6.2.9200.17226

3,400,704

09-Jan-2015

04:06

x86

Win32k.ptxml

Not applicable

4,172

25-Jul-2012

20:33

Not applicable

Win32k.sys

6.2.9200.21343

3,389,440

08-Jan-2015

23:28

x86

For all supported x64-based versions of Windows 8 and Windows Server 2012

File name

File version

File size

Date

Time

Platform

Win32k.ptxml

Not applicable

4,172

11-Oct-2012

00:37

Not applicable

Win32k.sys

6.2.9200.17226

4,061,696

09-Jan-2015

04:33

x64

Win32k.ptxml

Not applicable

4,172

25-Jul-2012

20:29

Not applicable

Win32k.sys

6.2.9200.21343

4,059,136

08-Jan-2015

23:28

x64

Wow64_win32k.ptxml

Not applicable

4,172

12-Feb-2013

00:14

Not applicable

Wow64_win32k.ptxml

Not Applicable

4,172

12-Feb-2013

00:09

Not applicable

For all supported x86-based versions of Windows 8.1

File name

File version

File size

Date

Time

Platform

Win32k.ptxml

Not applicable

4,213

21-Aug-2013

23:39

Not applicable

Win32k.sys

6.3.9600.17630

3,550,720

10-Jan-2015

07:38

x86

For all supported x64-based versions of Windows 8.1 and Windows Server 2012 R2

File name

File version

File size

Date

Time

Platform

Win32k.ptxml

Not applicable

4,213

22-Aug-2013

06:44

Not applicable

Win32k.sys

6.3.9600.17630

4,175,872

10-Jan-2015

08:22

x64

Wow64_win32k.ptxml

Not applicable

4,213

21-Aug-2013

23:39

Not applicable

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