Four of the 16 bulletins will be rated critical, Microsoft s highest severity rating. The previous record was 34 vulnerabilities patched in August this year. The October patch batch will include fixes for security flaws in the Windows operating system, the Internet Explorer browser, Microsoft Office and theNET Framework. It is very likely that Microsoft will include patches for a pair of elevation of privilege vulnerabilities that were exploited during the mysterious Stuxnet worm attack. The flaws in this month’s release affect all version of Windows, including Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008.
Source: https://threatpost.com/microsoft-plans-record-breaking-patch-tuesday-100710/74560/