Microsoft’s Patch Tuesday: 100+ Updates Including Azure OpenAI Service, Memory Corruption Flaw

Microsoft patched CVE-2025-50165, an “extremely high-risk” memory corruption flaw in its graphics component that could let attackers execute code over the network.

Microsoft on Aug. 12 released security updates addressing more than 100 vulnerabilities across its products, including 13 rated critical. The patches include fixes for a graphics component flaw described as “extremely high-risk” and a maximum-severity vulnerability in Azure’s OpenAI service.

“This month’s release highlights an upward trend in post-compromise vulnerabilities over code execution bugs,” wrote Satnam Narang, senior staff research engineer, Tenable, in an email to TechRepublic. “For the second consecutive month, elevation of privilege vulnerabilities represented the bulk of CVEs patched this month at 39.3% (41.4% in July).”

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