Cumulative Updates April 2018 for Windows 10

Today is Patch Tuesday for April 2018, so Microsoft released a number of security updates for all supported Windows versions. Here is the list of updates released today for Windows 10 users.

The updates do not include any new features, but they include a number of bug fixes. The following updates were released.

Windows 10 Spring Creators Update version 1803

The company today released KB4100375 (OS Build 17133.73) to Windows Insiders running Build 17133 in the Fast, Slow, and Release Preview rings. This update includes the following quality improvements:

• Addresses a PDF security issue in Microsoft Edge.
• Addresses an issue that, in some instances, prevents Internet Explorer from identifying custom controls.
• Security updates to Internet Explorer, Microsoft Edge, Microsoft scripting engine, Windows kernel, Microsoft graphics component, Windows Server, Windows cryptography, and Windows datacenter networking.

Windows 10 Fall Creators Update version 1709

KB4093112 (OS Build 16299.371)

It includes the following changes and improvements.

• Provides support to control usage of Indirect Branch Prediction Barrier (IBPB) within some AMD processors (CPUs) for mitigating CVE-2017-5715, Spectre Variant 2 when switching from user context to kernel context (See AMD Architecture Guidelines around Indirect Branch Control and AMD Security Updates for more details). Follow instructions outlined in KB4073119 for Windows Client (IT Pro) guidance to enable usage of IBPB within some AMD processors (CPUs) for mitigating Spectre Variant 2 when switching from user context to kernel context.
• Addresses an issue that causes an access violation in Internet Explorer when it runs on the Microsoft Application Virtualization platform.
• Addresses an issue in Enterprise Mode related to redirects in Internet Explorer and Microsoft Edge.
• Addresses an issue that generates an access violation on certain pages in Internet Explorer when it renders SVGs under a high load.
• Addresses additional issues with updated time zone information.
• Addresses an issue that might cause the App-V service to stop working on an RDS server that hosts many users.
• Addresses an issue where user accounts are locked when applications are moved to a shared platform using App-V (e.g., XenApp 7.15+ with Windows Server 2016, where Kerberos authentication isn't available).
• Addresses an issue with printing content generated by ActiveX in Internet Explorer.
• Addresses an issue that causes document.execCommand("copy") to always return False in Internet Explorer.
• Addresses an issue that, in some instances, prevents Internet Explorer from identifying custom controls.
• Security updates to Internet Explorer, Microsoft Edge, Windows kpp platform and frameworks, Microsoft scripting engine, Windows graphics, Windows Server, Windows kernel, Windows datacenter networking, Windows wireless networking, Windows virtualization and Kernel, and Windows Hyper-V.

Windows 10 Creators Update version 1703

KB4093107 (OS Build 15063.1029)

• Addresses an issue that generates an access violation on certain pages in Internet Explorer when it renders SVGs under a high load.
• Addresses an issue with printing content generated by ActiveX in Internet Explorer.
• Addresses additional issues with updated time zone information.
• Addresses an issue that might cause the App-V service to stop working on an RDS server that hosts many users.
• Addresses an issue where user accounts are locked when applications are moved to a shared platform using App-V (e.g., XenApp 7.15+ with Windows Server 2016, where Kerberos authentication isn't available).
• Addresses an issue that, in some instances, prevents Internet Explorer from identifying custom controls.
• Security updates to Internet Explorer, Microsoft Edge, Windows app platform and frameworks, Microsoft scripting engine, Windows graphics, Windows Server, Windows kernel, Windows datacenter networking, Windows wireless networking, Windows Hyper-V, and Windows virtualization and kernel.

Windows 10 Anniversary Update version 1607

KB4093119 (OS Build 14393.2189)

• Addresses an issue that generates an access violation on certain pages in Internet Explorer when it renders SVGs under a high load.

• Addresses an issue with printing content generated by ActiveX in Internet Explorer.
• Addresses additional issues with updated time zone information.
• Addresses an issue where user accounts are locked when applications are moved to a shared platform using App-V (e.g., XenApp 7.15+ with Windows Server 2016, where Kerberos authentication isn't available).
• Addresses an issue that might cause the App-V service to stop working on an RDS server that hosts many users.
• Addresses an issue that, in some instances, prevents Internet Explorer from identifying custom controls.
• Security updates to Internet Explorer, Windows app platform and frameworks, Microsoft scripting engine, Microsoft Edge, Windows graphics, Windows Server, Windows wireless networking, Windows Hyper-V, Windows kernel, and Windows virtualization and kernel.

Finally, Windows 10 Build 10240 and Windows 10 Build 10586 were updated to the following versions:

• KB4093109 (OS Build 10586.1540)
• KB4093111 (OS Build 10240.17831)

You can get these updates using Windows Update in Settings.  Alternatively, you can get them from the Microsoft Update Catalog and install them offline.

Source: Microsoft.