Microsoft Patch Tuesday August 2021 Edition released, here’s what’s fixed

Microsoft has released the August 2021 edition of Patch Tuesday. The company releases patches security updates on second Tuesday of every month, making it Patch Tuesday. In August 2021 Patch Tuesday, the company released patches for 44 vulnerabilities. Of these, 7 are critical, 2 were previously disclosed and 1 is being exploited according to Microsoft.

Thirteen of the patches are remote code execution vulnerability while another eight revolved around information disclosure.

The affected tools include Azure, Windows Update, Windows Print Spooler Components, .Net 5.0, Windows Media, Windows Defender, Remote Desktop Client, Microsoft Dynamics, Microsoft Edge, Microsoft Office, Microsoft Office Word and more.