{"id":128142,"date":"2020-11-20T06:00:12","date_gmt":"2020-11-20T11:00:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pureinfotech.com\/?p=128142"},"modified":"2020-11-20T08:20:04","modified_gmt":"2020-11-20T13:20:04","slug":"kb4589212-windows-10-intel-microcod","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pureinfotech.com\/kb4589212-windows-10-intel-microcod\/","title":{"rendered":"Windows 10 update KB4589212 outs with Intel microcode patch"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Microsoft is making available the update KB4589212 for computers running <a href=\"https:\/\/pureinfotech.com\/windows-10-20h2-new-features\">Windows 10 20H2<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/pureinfotech.com\/windows-10-2004-new-features\">version 2004<\/a> with a microcode patch for Intel processors.<\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/support.microsoft.com\/en-us\/help\/4589212\/intel-microcode-updates\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">update KB4589212<\/a> is meant to patch a recently discovered security vulnerability (CVE-2020-8695) known as <a href=\"https:\/\/platypusattack.com\/platypus.pdf\">\u201cPlatypus attack,\u201d<\/a> which could allow attackers to gain access to sensitive information exploiting the Running Average Power Limit (RAPL) interface vulnerability available on Intel processors. However, the microcode update also fixes vulnerabilities described as Vector Register Sampling active (CVE-2020-8696) and Fast store forward predictor (CVE-2020-8698).<\/p>\n<p>Microsoft is making available this update as an standalone package for Intel\u2019s 9th Gen Coffee Lake, 8th Gen Whiskey Lake and Sandy Bridge, Atom Valley View, Pentium and Celeron Valley View and Baytail, 7th Gen Kaby Lake, 6th Gen Skylake, Ivy Bridge, and many other processors.<\/p>\n<p>In addition, the company is adding the update for these processors: Avoton, Sandy Bridge E, EN, EP, EP4S, Sandy Bridge E, EP, and Valley View \/ Baytrail. If your computer has one of these processors, then the microcode to fix hardware related issues will download and install automatically from Windows Update. But you can always download and install this microcode patch from the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.catalog.update.microsoft.com\/Search.aspx?q=KB4589212\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Microsoft Update Catalog website<\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The update is available for older versions of the operating system (such as version 1909, 1903, and 1809), for more information and download links, you can follow these links:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/support.microsoft.com\/en-au\/help\/4589211\/intel-microcode-updates\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\">KB4589211<\/a>: Windows 10 version 1903 and 1909.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/support.microsoft.com\/help\/4589208\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">KB4589208<\/a>: Windows 10 version 1809.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/support.microsoft.com\/help\/4589206\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\">KB4589206<\/a>: Windows 10 version 1803.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/support.microsoft.com\/help\/4589210\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\">KB4589210<\/a>: Windows 10 version 1607.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/support.microsoft.com\/help\/4589198\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\">KB4589198<\/a>: Windows 10 version 1507.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>You can now download and install the latest microcode update for Windows 10 devices featuring Intel processors to mitigate latest security vulnerability.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":111291,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[10,23],"tags":[1964,2540,2684,2578,2615,2624,2636,2648,2650],"class_list":["post-128142","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","category-windows","tag-intel","tag-windows-10","tag-windows-10-20h2","tag-windows-10-anniversary-update","tag-windows-10-version-1803","tag-windows-10-version-1809","tag-windows-10-1903-19h1","tag-windows-10-1909","tag-windows-10-2004"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.2 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Windows 10 update KB4589212 outs with Intel microcode patch - Pureinfotech<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"kb4589212 now available with latest microcode update for Windows 10 PCs featuring Intel processors to mitigate latest security vulnerability.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/pureinfotech.com\/kb4589212-windows-10-intel-microcod\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Windows 10 update KB4589212 outs with Intel microcode patch - Pureinfotech\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"kb4589212 now available with latest microcode update for Windows 10 PCs featuring Intel processors to mitigate latest security vulnerability.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/pureinfotech.com\/kb4589212-windows-10-intel-microcod\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Pureinfotech \u2022 Windows 10 &amp; 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