They have already passed their totals for 2017 (665) and 2018 (691)”. At this pace, Microsoft will eclipse that number next month. For comparison, Microsoft released patches for 851 CVEs in all of 2019. These updates resolve 13 and 123 vulnerabilities (respectively) more formally known as CVEs ( defined).Īn interesting fact as pointed out by ZDI is that for “five straight months of 110+ CVEs released and brings the total for 2020 up to 742.
Earlier this month Adobe and Microsoft made available their expected security updates.