Tripwire Patch Priority Index for December 2022

Tripwire’s December 2022 Patch Priority Index (PPI) brings together important vulnerabilities for Microsoft. First on the patch priority list this month are patches for Microsoft Edge, which resolve over 25 issues including use-after-free, type confusion, insufficient data validation, insufficient policy enforcement, and other vulnerabilities. Next are patches for Microsoft Office, Outlook, OneNote, and Visio that resolve 8 vulnerabilities, including remote code execution and elevation of privilege vulnerabilities. Up next are patches that affect components of the core Windows operating system…