This post was authored by Edmund Brumaghin and Jonah Samost

Today is Patch Tuesday for August 2016, and Microsoft has released several security bulletins and associated patches to resolve security issues across their products. This month's patch release includes 9 bulletins addressing 28 vulnerabilities. Five of the bulletins Microsoft has released are rated Critical and address vulnerabilities in Internet Explorer, Edge, Windows Graphics Component, Microsoft Office, and the Windows PDF library. The remaining four bulletins are rated Important and address vulnerabilities in Windows Kernel-Mode Drivers, Secure Boot, Windows Authentication Methods, and ActiveSyncProvider.

Bulletins Rated Critical

Microsoft has listed bulletins MS16-095, MS16-096, MS16-097, MS16-099, MS16-102 as critical in this month's release.

MS16-095 and MS16-096 are this month's bulletins addressing security vulnerabilities associated with Microsoft Internet Explorer and Edge. The Internet Explorer bulletin addresses a total of nine vulnerabilities, including five memory corruption bugs and four information disclosure vulnerabilities. The Edge bulletin covers a total of eight vulnerabilities, including a remote code execution vulnerability, four memory corruption bugs and three information disclosure vulnerabilities. The Internet Explorer bulletin is rated Critical for affected Windows clients and Moderate for affected Windows Servers.

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