Microsoft Security Bulletin Advance Notification for May 2014

ALF60 · May 8, 2014, 9:57pm

To be released on May 13 @1:00 pm edt NOTE NO WINDOWS XP SECURITY FIXES!!

The following table summarizes the security bulletins for this month in order of severity.

For details on affected software, see the next section, Affected Software.

Bulletin IDMaximum Severity Rating and Vulnerability ImpactRestart RequirementAffected Software

Bulletin 1	Critical Remote Code Execution	Requires restart	Microsoft Windows, Internet Explorer
Bulletin 2	Critical Remote Code Execution	May require restart	Microsoft Server Software, Productivity Software
Bulletin 3	Important Remote Code Execution	May require restart	Microsoft Office
Bulletin 4	Important Elevation of Privilege	May require restart	Microsoft Windows
Bulletin 5	Important Elevation of Privilege	May require restart	Microsoft Windows, Microsoft .NET Framework
Bulletin 6	Important Elevation of Privilege	Requires restart	Microsoft Windows
Bulletin 7	Important Denial of Service	May require restart	Microsoft Windows
Bulletin 8	Important Security Feature Bypass	May require restart	Microsoft Office

Affected Software

The following tables list the bulletins in order of major software category and severity.

How do I use these tables?

Note You may have to install several security updates for a single vulnerability. Review the whole column for each bulletin identifier that is listed to verify the updates that you have to install, based on the programs or components that you have installed on your system.

Windows Operating System and Components







Windows Vista
Bulletin Identifier	Bulletin 1	Bulletin 4	Bulletin 5	Bulletin 6	Bulletin 7
Aggregate Severity Rating	Critical	Important	Important	Important	None
Windows Vista Service Pack 2	Internet Explorer 7 (Critical) Internet Explorer 8 (Critical) Internet Explorer 9 (Critical)	Windows Vista Service Pack 2 (Important)	Windows Vista Service Pack 2 (Important)	Windows Vista Service Pack 2 (Important)	Not applicable
Windows Vista x64 Edition Service Pack 2	Internet Explorer 7 (Critical) Internet Explorer 8 (Critical) Internet Explorer 9 (Critical)	Windows Vista x64 Edition Service Pack 2 (Important)	Windows Vista x64 Edition Service Pack 2 (Important)	Windows Vista x64 Edition Service Pack 2 (Important)	Not applicable






Windows 7
Bulletin Identifier	Bulletin 1	Bulletin 4	Bulletin 5	Bulletin 6	Bulletin 7
Aggregate Severity Rating	Critical	Important	Important	Important	None
Windows 7 for 32-bit Systems Service Pack 1	Internet Explorer 8 (Critical) Internet Explorer 9 (Critical) Internet Explorer 10 (Critical) Internet Explorer 11 (Critical)	Windows 7 for 32-bit Systems Service Pack 1 (Important)	Windows 7 for 32-bit Systems Service Pack 1 (Important)	Windows 7 for 32-bit Systems Service Pack 1 (Important)	Not applicable
Windows 7 for x64-based Systems Service Pack 1	Internet Explorer 8 (Critical) Internet Explorer 9 (Critical) Internet Explorer 10 (Critical) Internet Explorer 11 (Critical)	Windows 7 for x64-based Systems Service Pack 1 (Important)	Windows 7 for x64-based Systems Service Pack 1 (Important)	Windows 7 for x64-based Systems Service Pack 1 (Important)	Not applicable
Windows Server 2008 R2
Bulletin Identifier	Bulletin 1	Bulletin 4	Bulletin 5	Bulletin 6	Bulletin 7
Aggregate Severity Rating	Moderate	Important	Important	Important	Important
Windows Server 2008 R2 for x64-based Systems Service Pack 1	Internet Explorer 8 (Moderate) Internet Explorer 9 (Moderate) Internet Explorer 10 (Moderate) Internet Explorer 11 (Moderate)	Windows Server 2008 R2 for x64-based Systems Service Pack 1 (Important)	Windows Server 2008 R2 for x64-based Systems Service Pack 1 (Important)	Windows Server 2008 R2 for x64-based Systems Service Pack 1 (Important)	Windows Server 2008 R2 for x64-based Systems Service Pack 1 (Important)
Windows Server 2008 R2 for Itanium-based Systems Service Pack 1	Internet Explorer 8 (Moderate)	Windows Server 2008 R2 for Itanium-based Systems Service Pack 1 (Important)	Windows Server 2008 R2 for Itanium-based Systems Service Pack 1 (Important)	Windows Server 2008 R2 for Itanium-based Systems Service Pack 1 (Important)	Not applicable
Windows 8 and Windows 8.1
Bulletin Identifier	Bulletin 1	Bulletin 4	Bulletin 5	Bulletin 6	Bulletin 7
Aggregate Severity Rating	Critical	Important	Important	Important	None
Windows 8 for 32-bit Systems	Internet Explorer 10 (Critical)	Windows 8 for 32-bit Systems (Important)	Windows 8 for 32-bit Systems (Important)	Windows 8 for 32-bit Systems (Important)	Not applicable
Windows 8 for x64-based Systems	Internet Explorer 10 (Critical)	Windows 8 for x64-based Systems (Important)	Windows 8 for x64-based Systems (Important)	Windows 8 for x64-based Systems (Important)	Not applicable
Windows 8.1 for 32-bit Systems	Internet Explorer 11 (Critical)	Windows 8.1 for 32-bit Systems (Important)	Windows 8.1 for 32-bit Systems (Important)	Windows 8.1 for 32-bit Systems (Important)	Not applicable
Windows 8.1 for x64-based Systems	Internet Explorer 11 (Critical)	Windows 8.1 for x64-based Systems (Important)	Windows 8.1 for x64-based Systems (Important)	Windows 8.1 for x64-based Systems (Important)	Not applicable
Windows Server 2012 and Server 2012 R2
Bulletin Identifier	Bulletin 1	Bulletin 4	Bulletin 5	Bulletin 6	Bulletin 7
Aggregate Severity Rating	Moderate	Important	Important	Important	Important
Windows Server 2012	Internet Explorer 10 (Moderate)	Windows Server 2012 (Important)	Windows Server 2012 (Important)	Windows Server 2012 (Important)	Windows Server 2012 (Important)
Windows Server 2012 R2	Internet Explorer 11 (Moderate)	Windows Server 2012 R2 (Important)	Windows Server 2012 R2 (Important)	Windows Server 2012 R2 (Important)	Windows Server 2012 R2 (Important)
Windows RT and Windows RT 8.1
Bulletin Identifier	Bulletin 1	Bulletin 4	Bulletin 5	Bulletin 6	Bulletin 7
Aggregate Severity Rating	Critical	None	Important	Important	None
Windows RT	Internet Explorer 10 (Critical)	Not applicable	Windows RT (Important)	Windows RT (Important)	Not applicable
Windows RT 8.1	Internet Explorer 11 (Critical)	Not applicable	Windows RT 8.1 (Important)	Windows RT 8.1 (Important)	Not applicable
Server Core installation option
Bulletin Identifier	Bulletin 1	Bulletin 4	Bulletin 5	Bulletin 6	Bulletin 7
Aggregate Severity Rating	None	None	Important	Important	Important
Windows Server 2008 for 32-bit Systems Service Pack 2 (Server Core installation)	Not applicable	Not applicable	Not applicable	Windows Server 2008 for 32-bit Systems Service Pack 2 (Server Core installation) (Important)	Not applicable
Windows Server 2008 for x64-based Systems Service Pack 2 (Server Core installation)	Not applicable	Not applicable	Not applicable	Windows Server 2008 for x64-based Systems Service Pack 2 (Server Core installation) (Important)	Not applicable
Windows Server 2008 R2 for x64-based Systems Service Pack 1 (Server Core installation)	Not applicable	Not applicable	Windows Server 2008 R2 for x64-based Systems Service Pack 1 (Server Core installation) (Important)	Windows Server 2008 R2 for x64-based Systems Service Pack 1 (Server Core installation) (Important)	Not applicable
Windows Server 2012 (Server Core installation)	Not applicable	Not applicable	Windows Server 2012 (Server Core installation) (Important)	Windows Server 2012 (Server Core installation) (Important)	Windows Server 2012 (Server Core installation) (Important)
Windows Server 2012 R2 (Server Core installation)	Not applicable	Not applicable	Windows Server 2012 R2 (Server Core installation) (Important)	Windows Server 2012 R2 (Server Core installation) (Important)	Windows Server 2012 R2 (Server Core installation) (Important)

ALF60 · May 8, 2014, 9:57pm