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KB5041964

KB5041964: Cumulative update for .NET Framework, versions 3.5 and 4.8.1, on Windows Server 2022, August 2024. Fixes ListView rendering and ASP.NET project slowdowns

In short

Addresses reliability issues in .NET Framework, including ListView rendering and slowdowns in some large ASP.NET projects. It includes previously released security improvements but no new ones.

Does it affect you? Applies to: Windows Server 2022 devices with .NET Framework 3.5 or 4.8.1 installed.

File version
2.0.50727.9179 · 4.8.9266.0
Restart
Required

What changes

Fixes 4 changes

.NET Fundamentals

Verified in package 4 items
  • Automated tools can render the smaller entries inside a list view.1
    Addresses an issue rendering UI automation ListView sub items.
  • The update addresses a case where modifying binary-formatted data could bypass a check before the data was read.2
    Addresses an issue with bypassing the serialization binder with binary formatter mutations.
  • ASP.NET Web Forms SmartNavigation no longer includes meta tag information about the Recreational Software Advisory Council or content-rating schema.3
    Addresses an issue to remove meta tag information referencing "Recreational Software Advisory Council" and the content-rating schema from ASP.Net WebForms SmartNavigation feature.
  • Some large ASP.NET projects can avoid slowdowns caused by conflicts between Visual Studio design-time and debug/runtime compilation.4
    Addresses an issue with .NET Framework interaction with Visual Studio to avoid conflicts between design-time and debug/runtime compilation of some .NET Framework ASP.NET projects.

Improvement 1 change

.NET Libraries

For: Applications using .NET

  • The update replaces a zlib file with the latest version.5
    Addresses an issue by updating the zlib file to the latest version.

Technical details

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Data sheet

Released
2024-08-13
Classification
Updates
Type
Cumulative update
Restart
Required
Replaces
KB5037929
Replaced by
KB5044035
VersionFile versionChannel
3.5 2.0.50727.9179 General availability
4.8.1 4.8.9266.0 General availability

Security

No vulnerabilities are listed for this update.

Downloads (Microsoft Update Catalog)

Updated components

89 files changed since the previous update for the same versions.

Top changed componentsFiles
WPF22
.NET runtime (CLR)14
ASP.NET10

Verified in package: changed files confirm .NET Fundamentals.

Sources

Updated
Cited passages from Microsoft's official notes (5)
  1. 1. Addresses an issue to render UI automation ListView sub items. support.microsoft.com
  2. 2. Addresses an issue with bypass serialization binder with binary formatter mutations. support.microsoft.com
  3. 3. Addresses an issue to remove meta tag information referencing "Recreational Software Advisory Council" and the content-rating schema from ASP.Net WebForms SmartNavigation feature. support.microsoft.com
  4. 4. Addresses an issue .NET Framework interaction with Visual Studio to avoid conflicts between design-time and debug/runtime compilation of some .NET Framework ASP.NET project that could result in slowed developer experience for large projects. support.microsoft.com
  5. 5. Addresses an issue to update zlib file to latest version. support.microsoft.com
Checked automatically: 8 of 8 checks passed, 5 quoted passages · compared with Microsoft's page on Oct 20, 2026
  • Quotes found in the official pages: passed
  • Numbers found in the sources: passed
  • Vulnerabilities from the dossier only: passed
  • Links to allowed domains only: passed
  • Every official change covered: passed
  • Readable plain text: passed
  • Changes confirmed by the file list: passed
  • Sources agree: passed

A second AI read the text against the sources: correctness 4/5, clarity 4/5, completeness 5/5. How we work

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