Microsoft's December 2024 Patch Tuesday addressed 71 vulnerabilities, including 16 critical remote code execution flaws and one actively exploited zero-day vulnerability (CVE-2024-49138), which allows attackers to gain SYSTEM privileges via the Windows Common Log File System Driver. The updates also included fixes for 27 elevation of privilege vulnerabilities, 7 information disclosure flaws, 5 denial-of-service bugs, and 1 spoofing vulnerability. Notably, Windows 10 and 11 received cumulative updates (KB5048652, KB5048667, and KB5048685). Other vendors also released updates, including Adobe, CISA, Cisco, and SAP, addressing critical flaws in software and industrial systems. OpenWrt patched a vulnerability in its Sysupgrade feature that allowed malicious firmware distribution, and Veeam resolved a critical remote code execution flaw in its Service Provider Console.