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Scott Younker

Microsoft's December Patch fixes three zero-day flaws including one critical exploited vulnerability — update your PC right now

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If you’ve been putting off updating your laptop or desktop PC, now is a good time to do so as Microsoft just released its December Patch Tuesday which contains fixes for 57 unique flaws including three zero-day vulnerabilities and three critical-severity bugs.

In the total 57 total flaws, 28 are privilege escalation bugs, 19 are remote code execution flaws, four are information disclosures, three are denial of service (DoS) vulnerabilities, and two are spoofing bugs. It’s a very similar list to the November Patch Tuesday which fixed 63 flaws.

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