We are on the verge of the end of 2024 and Microsoft has just published the last monthly security patches for this year. You can imagine that these correspond to the month of December and in this case they are especially important.
The main reason for all this is the enormous number of both important and critical vulnerabilities that they correct in the versions of Windows that are still supported. As the software giant itself tells us, it is essential that we update our operating system to work with a protected computer at all times.
Specifically, in this case we are going to find patches corresponding to version 22H2 of Windows 10, and for versions 22H2, 22H3 and 24H2 of Windows 11. As is usual in these cases, in addition to some improvements, these patches are They focus on the security of the operating system itself.
Windows bugs fixed in December 2024
Thus, in these same lines we will tell you about the most recent vulnerabilities detected in recent weeks. It is true that some are more important than others, but as an example, Windows 11 right now has up to 9 security flaws considered critical. In addition, it must be taken into account that here Microsoft also patches more professional versions of the Windows operating system or other proprietary programs such as the Edge web browser.
- Windows 10 version 22H2. 44 vulnerabilities corrected, 8 considered critical and another 36 important.
- Windows 11 version 22H2. A total of 44 vulnerabilities are resolved, 9 critical and 35 important.
- Windows 11 version 23H2. Here, Microsoft also fixes 44 vulnerabilities, 9 critical and 35 important.
- Windows 11 version 24H2. Another 45 vulnerabilities recently detected, 9 critical and 46 classified as important.
We must take into consideration that the new Windows 10 update that comes to us on this second Tuesday of December 2024 is KB5048652. For its part, if we work on Windows 11 22H2 or 23H2, we will now have to install the KB5048685 update. In addition, the most recent version of the system receives KB5048667.
Other news coming to Windows 11
As we mentioned before, in this case the software giant has also included some interesting new features that in this case refer to Windows 11. Here we show you some of the most important ones that are currently coming to the operating system.
System tray. The system tray area of ​​the taskbar now displays an abbreviated date and time.
Share with Android. After installing and configuring the Mobile Link app, we can share content with an Android device from the context menu of File Explorer and from the desktop.
Task Manager. As of now, the Disconnect and Sign Out dialogs support dark mode.
Windows speech recognition. This update we are talking about improves the voice to text functions and vice versa in Windows.
Mouse settings. We will have new options to disable the improved precision of the mouse pointer and change the direction in which it moves.
How to install the new patches
We must keep in mind that in most cases we can update the operating system through its integrated Windows Update function. You find it in the Settings application which you access with the Win + I key combination.
But we can also download these patches from the Microsoft catalog manually.
