Enjoying the Spring? Microsoft has 13 ways to fix that

Microsoft has put out 13 bulletins to address a total of 48 CVE-listen vulnerabilities in various products.

The May edition of Patch Tuesday includes fixes for Internet Explorer, Office, Windows and Silverlight. Three of the bulletins were rated 'critical', with the rest earning Microsoft's second-highest designation of 'important'.

The full list is as follows"

• MS15-943 A cumulative update to patch 22 flaws in Internet Explorer, the most serious of which include remote code execution vulnerabilities. Rated critical.
• MS15-944 Two flaws in Silverlight, the most serious of which includes remote code execution. Rated critical.
• MS15-945 Six flaws in Windows Journal, all of which could allow remote code execution. Rated critical.
• MS15-946 Two flaws in Office allowing remote code execution. Rated important.
• MS15-947 One flaw in SharePoint allowing remote code execution. Rated important.
• MS15-948 Two flaws in the .NET Framework allowing denial of service and elevation of privilege. Rated important.
• MS15-949 One flaw in Silverlight allowing elevation of privilege. Rated important.
• MS15-950 One flaw in Windows Service Control Manage allowing elevation of privilege. Rated important.
• MS15-951 Six flaws in Windows Kernel allowing information disclosure and elevation of privilege. Rated important.
• MS15-952 One flaw in Windows Kernel allowing security bypass. Rated important
• MS15-953 Two flaws in VBScript allowing security bypass. Rated important.
• MS15-954 One flaw in the Microsoft Management Console allowing for denial of service. Rated important.
• MS15-955 One flaw in Schannel allowing for information disclosure. Rated important.

Users and administrators are being advised to test and install the updates as soon as possible.

The May update could be one of the last Patch Tuesday bundles Microsoft ever releases. Redmond execs said earlier this month that Windows 10, due for release this Summer, will do away with the monthly update cycle once and for all. ®