Microsoft issues special update for critical Windows vulnerability

An update for a vulnerability in the Microsoft Font Driver – present in all supported versions of Windows – was released yesterday by Microsoft. Normally, updates like this are released as part of the monthly Patch Tuesday process, but Microsoft evidently decided that this vulnerability was serious enough to warrant this ‘out of band’ update.

Windows systems with Automatic Updates enabled will receive this update automatically. All other systems should be updated via Windows Update as soon as possible.