This security update includes improvements and fixes that were a part of update KB 4512478 (released August 17, 2019) and addresses the following issues:
- Provides protections against a new subclass of speculative execution side-channel vulnerabilities, known as Microarchitectural Data Sampling, for 32-Bit (x86) versions of Windows.
For more information, see Security Advisory 190013. This advisory includes CVE-2019-11091, CVE-2018-12126, CVE-2018-12127, and CVE-2018-12130. Use the registry settings as described in the Windows Client and Windows Server articles. (These registry settings are enabled by default for Windows Client OS editions and Windows Server OS editions.) - Security updates to the Microsoft Scripting Engine, Windows App Platform and Frameworks, Windows Kernel, Windows Input and Composition, Windows Media, Windows Fundamentals, Windows Authentication, Windows Datacenter Networking, Windows Storage and Filesystems, the Microsoft JET Database Engine, and Windows Server.
For more information about the resolved security vulnerabilities, please refer to the Security Update Guide.