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April 2014 Internet Explorer Updates

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Microsoft Security Bulletin MS14-018 - Critical

This security update resolves six privately reported vulnerabilities in Internet Explorer. The most severe vulnerabilities could allow remote code execution if a user views a specially crafted Web page using Internet Explorer. An attacker who successfully exploited the most severe of these vulnerabilities could gain the same user rights as the current user. Users whose accounts are configured to have fewer user rights on the system could be less impacted than users who operate with administrative user rights.

This security update is rated Critical for Internet Explorer 6, Internet Explorer 7, Internet Explorer 8, Internet Explorer 9 and Internet Explorer 11 on Windows clients, Moderate for Internet Explorer 6, Internet Explorer 7, Internet Explorer 8, Internet Explorer 9, and Internet Explorer 11 on Windows servers. Internet Explorer 10 is not affected. For more information, see the full bulletin.

Recommendation.  Most customers have automatic updating enabled and will not need to take any action because this security update will be downloaded and installed automatically. Customers who have not enabled automatic updating need to check for updates and install this update manually. For information about specific configuration options in automatic updating, see Microsoft Knowledge Base Article 294871.

For administrators and enterprise installations, or end users who want to install this security update manually, Microsoft recommends that customers apply the update immediately using update management software, or by checking for updates using the Microsoft Update service.

Security Update for Flash Player (2942844)

On April 8th, a security update for Adobe Flash Player in Internet Explorer 10 and 11 on supported editions of Windows 8, Windows 8.1 and Windows Server 2012 and Windows Server 2012 R2 is also available. The details of the vulnerabilities are documented in Adobe security bulletin APSB14-09. This update addresses the vulnerabilities in Adobe Flash Player by updating the affected Adobe Flash binaries contained within Internet Explorer 10 and Internet Explorer 11. For more information, see the advisory

Most customers have automatic updating enabled and will not need to take any action because this update will be downloaded and installed automatically. Customers who have not enabled automatic updating need to check for updates and install this update manually. For information about specific configuration options in automatic updating, see Microsoft Knowledge Base Article 294871.

— Wilson Guo, Program Manager, Internet Explorer

Comments

  • Anonymous
    April 08, 2014
    Since IE9/10, the browser fails 7 tests on Ecma test 262 (http://test262.ecmascript.org/). Any plans on fixing those seven before IE12? Thanks for your efforts.

  • Anonymous
    April 08, 2014
    @Wayne: It still performs better than both Chrome and Firefox.

  • Anonymous
    April 08, 2014
    Just curious, isn't this the final update for IE6?

  • Anonymous
    April 08, 2014
    So...  Will these be the last updates to IE6-8?  I mean, XP end-of-life and all that jazz.  I was hoping this article would have "BTW UPGRADE NOW, GUYS" in big impact text with lolcats.  :(

  • Anonymous
    April 08, 2014
    There's a big bug in IE11 on Windows 7 (x64) when Windows DPI = 125%+ (typically laptops): Accelerators pop-up button gets misplaced and is unclickable, and Gadgets look corrupt too. Now, I know Gadgets have been abandoned, but at least could you fix the bug with Accelerators misplaced pop-up button? Repro steps:

  1. set Windows to 125% DPI
  2. highlight a word on a website an try to click on the Accelerators blue pop-up button

  • Anonymous
    April 08, 2014
    @CnEY: IE7 was a part of Windows Server 2008 and thus is supported until 2018. IE8 came with Windows 7 and thus it (and IE9) are around until 2020.

  • Anonymous
    April 08, 2014
    No news on EMIE on Windows 7 yet? Thought it was supposed to be released on April 8th. Really need that feature!

  • Anonymous
    April 08, 2014
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  • Anonymous
    April 09, 2014
    Seems the scrollbar bug has been not fixed since the last update. You still can't scroll on zoomed-in pages or images using middle click, unless the page/image was originally big enough to cause scrollbars. @Hexaae: Additionally to that, the Web Slices highlight frame and icon is also misplaced if you do as much as zoom in to a page.... but only visually: you can only click on it on where it SHOULD appear, not the misplaced location. huh.

  • Anonymous
    April 09, 2014
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  • Anonymous
    April 09, 2014
    One reason to me for don't use IE is small tabs in many open tabs. can you add options in IE to change old model.(like IE 8 or firfox and chrome) ?

  • Anonymous
    April 09, 2014
    @Dariush - You mean that the tabs are displayed on a second row? That feature is in Internet Explorer since IE9 RC. Right mouseclick on tabbar and "Show on separate row".

  • Anonymous
    April 10, 2014
    @Yannick excellent :).

  • Anonymous
    April 10, 2014
    @IE6 - you forget Windows Server 2003 and the XP Embedded editions still under support. The Zombie lives on, for now.

  • Anonymous
    April 11, 2014
    UPgrades are annoying.  I like the old fashioned Enternet explorer 8 and Windows XP operating system.. Leave it all alone....

  • Anonymous
    April 11, 2014
    Sorry to bother with something out of topic, but seriously, is hard to find a place where to put suggestions and feedback of certain Microsoft programs like IE, and I think this can be a place where the developers of IE can listen. I just want to ask for something simple: please, allows users to sort and manage pinned sites and favorites in Modern UI. There is a serious lack of organization options in this new version of the browser, and I just want something that Desktop IE can do just fine.

  • Anonymous
    April 13, 2014
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    April 13, 2014
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    April 14, 2014
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  • Anonymous
    April 16, 2014
    ayuda

  • Anonymous
    April 16, 2014
    After the April 2014 Windows 8 update, both IE and Chrome fail to load any web pages, while the Internet connection is working, the firewall setting is OK, and other software using Internet connection are all OK. Any other users are having the same problem of mine?

  • Anonymous
    April 19, 2014
    This week around Tuesday, my IE (11 I think) on Windows 8 (latest version as per Microsoft Updates)  has been experiencing right edge scroll bar issues.  Basically it appears grayed out and only with a top (uo) button on facebook.  Not all facebook pages have this problem but seems the login page and the main news feed page both have the issue.  Once I log in or go to the page, I can see the right scroll bar appearing fine (having both up and down arrows and the bar properly showing content fill) for about 2 seconds.  Then it simply 'crashes'.   However, when I view profile pages, by clicking on names those pages work fine with the scroll bar.   When the scroll bar 'crashes' I cannup use my page up/dn space bar nr the keyboard up/down arrow to scroll either.  All other websites work fine.  And I was working just fine until this week after an apparent MS update completion.   Any help ???