back to article Microsoft sweeps up after breaking .NET with December security updates

Microsoft this week rolled out fixes to issues caused by security updates released in December 2022 that botched how XPS documents are displayed in various versions of .NET and .NET Framework. Some users who installed the security updates for those developer platforms saw problems with how Windows Presentation Foundation (WPF …

  1. fidodogbreath

    Buried the lede

    Dog Bites Man: MIcrosoft broke XPS with an update.

    Man Bites Dog: Someone actually uses XPS and noticed that it was broken.

  2. DJV Silver badge

    "should only be done..."

    "should only be done if you know for certain that all XPS documents your system processes are trustable"

    So, they are admitting that yet another of their systems is a security nightmare waiting to happen. Well, nothing new there, then...

  3. Anonymous Coward
    Anonymous Coward

    if only

    if only MS would stop letting files run as apps, letting apps have OS access, but then I might be out of a job. whatever.

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