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A Security Update has been released for Outlook 2016. In addition to resolving the vulnerability, it also contains 12 documented improvements and fixes.

Most notable fixes are;

• Resolves the vulnerabilities mentioned in Microsoft Security Bulletin MS16-099 which could allow remote code execution if a user opens a specially crafted Office file.
• When you mark a task as completed, you receive the following error message:
  We need to know who to send this to. Make sure you enter at least one name.
• When you send digitally signed email messages in a 64-bit version of Outlook 2016, you receive the following error message:
  A required action was not successful because of an unspecified error.
• After you enable the “I am currently giving a presentation” option in the Presentation Settings dialog box, Outlook will not be able to authenticate and will enter a “Need Password” state.

View: Download information for KB3115440

Note: This update can be installed via Microsoft Update or the Update Now button when you are using Office 365 and updates Outlook to version 16.0.4417.1000 (msi-based installation) or 16.0.7070.2036 (Office 365 based installation).

A Security Update has been released for Outlook 2013. In addition to resolving the vulnerability, it also contains 15 documented improvements and fixes.

Most notable fixes are;

• Resolves the vulnerabilities mentioned in Microsoft Security Bulletin MS16-099 which could allow remote code execution if a user opens a specially crafted Office file.
• Recipients on email sent programmatically in Outlook aren’t added to the user’s nickname cache. This can now be controlled via the EnableNicknameWithOM Registry value.
• After failing an initial logon, a subsequent retry may cause the following message to be incorrectly displayed:
  The Microsoft Exchange administrator has made a change that requires you quit and restart Outlook.
• You can’t open Mail in Control Panel if you have Outlook 2013 Click-to-Run installed.

View: Download information for KB3115452

Note: This update can be installed via Microsoft Update or the Update Now button when you are using Office 365 and updates Outlook to version 15.0.4849.1000.

A Security Update has been released for Outlook 2010. In addition to resolving the vulnerability, it also contains 1 documented fix. 

• Resolves the vulnerabilities mentioned in Microsoft Security Bulletin MS16-099 which could allow remote code execution if a user opens a specially crafted Office file.
• Attachments are rearranged, deleted, duplicated, or corrupted.

View: Download information for KB3115474

Note: This update can be installed via Microsoft Update and updates Outlook to version 14.0.7172.5000.

A Security Update has been released for Outlook 2007. It resolves the vulnerabilities mentioned in Microsoft Security Bulletin MS16-099 which could allow remote code execution if a user opens a specially crafted Office file.

View: Download information for KB3114981

Note: This update can be installed via Microsoft Update and updates Outlook to version 12.0.6753.5000.