This is an advance notification of security bulletins that Microsoft is intending to release on August 14, 2012.

This bulletin advance notification will be replaced with the August bulletin summary on August 14, 2012. For more information about the bulletin advance notification service, see Microsoft Security Bulletin Advance Notification.

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Microsoft also provides information to help customers prioritize monthly security updates with any non-security, high-priority updates that are being released on the same day as the monthly security updates. Please see the section, Other Information.


This advance notification provides a number as the bulletin identifier, because the official Microsoft Security Bulletin numbers are not issued until release. The bulletin summary that replaces this advance notification will have the proper Microsoft Security Bulletin numbers (in the MSyy-xxx format) as the bulletin identifier.

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 ID Maximum Severity Rating and Vulnerability Impact Restart Requirement Affected Software
Bulletin 1 Critical
Remote Code Execution Requires restart Microsoft Windows,
Internet Explorer
Bulletin 2 Critical
Remote Code Execution Requires restart Microsoft Windows
Bulletin 3 Critical
Remote Code Execution Requires restart Microsoft Windows
Bulletin 4 Critical
Remote Code Execution May require restart Microsoft Office,
Microsoft SQL Server,
Microsoft Server Software,
Microsoft Developer Tools
Bulletin 5 Critical
Remote Code Execution Does not require restart Microsoft Exchange
Bulletin 6 Important
Elevation of Privilege Requires restart Microsoft Windows
Bulletin 7 Important
Remote Code Execution May require restart Microsoft Windows
Bulletin 8 Important
Remote Code Execution May require restart Microsoft Office
Bulletin 9 Important
Remote Code Execution May require restart Microsoft Office