Tripwire Patch Priority Index for January 2023

Tripwire’s January 2023 Patch Priority Index (PPI) brings together important vulnerabilities for Microsoft and Adobe. First on the patch priority list this month are patches for Microsoft Visio and Microsoft Office that resolve 6 vulnerabilities, including remote code execution and information disclosure vulnerabilities. Next are patches for Adobe Reader and Acrobat that 15 vulnerabilities, including arbitrary code execution, memory leak, denial-of-service, and elevation of privilege vulnerabilities. Up next are patches that affect components of the core Windows operating system. These patches…