Improvements and fixes
This security update includes improvements and fixes that were a part of update KB4012219 (released March 21, 2017) and resolves the security vulnerabilities in Hyper-V, libjpeg image-process library, Win32K, Adobe Type Manager font driver, Active Directory Federation Services, Lightweight Directory Access Protocol, Windows kernel-mode drivers, OLE, Scripting Engine, Windows Graphics component and Internet Explorer in addition to these quality improvements:
For more information about the security vulnerabilities resolved, please refer to the Security Update Guide.
- Addressed an issue that was causing Authentication Success and Failure events with Event ID 4768 to not be logged after installing KB4012216.
- Addressed a bug check encountered on Windows Server 2012 R2 Hyper-V hosts with error code 0xE4 after installing KB4012216.
- Addressed issue where a server may fail with STOP 0x3B error leading to data loss when Input Method Editors (IME) like keyboards are installed.
Known issues in this update
Symptom Workaround / Resolution If the PC uses an AMD Carrizo DDR4 processor, installing this update will block downloading and installing future Windows updates. Microsoft is working on a resolution and will provide an update in an upcoming release.
How to get this update
This update will be downloaded and installed automatically from Windows Update. To get the stand-alone package for this update, go to the Microsoft Update Catalog website.
- Prerequisites
To apply this update, you must have Windows 8.1 and Windows Server 2012 R2 update: April 2014 (KB2919355) installed.- File information
For a list of the files that are provided in this update, download the file information for update 4015550.
More Information
- The security fixes that are listed in this Security Monthly Quality Rollup KB4015550 are also included in the April 2017 Security Only Quality Update, KB4015547, except for the security fixes for Internet Explorer. Those are instead included in the Cumulative Security Update for Internet Explorer KB4014661. Installing either this April 2017 Security Monthly Quality Rollup, or both the April 2017 Security Only Quality update and the Cumulative Security Update for Internet Explorer, will install the security fixes that are listed here. This Security Monthly Quality Rollup also includes improvements and fixes from previous monthly rollups.
- If you use update management processes other than Windows Update, and you automatically approve all security update classifications for deployment, April 2017 Security Monthly Quality Rollup KB4015550, April 2017 Security Only Quality Update KB4015547, and the Cumulative Security Update for Internet Explorer KB4014661 are deployed. We recommend that you review your update deployment rules to make sure that the desired updates are deployed.
Source: https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/help/4015550