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Latest Builds of SQL Server 2014

Last updated: June 14th, 2022

End-of-Life : SQL Server 2014 reached end of mainstream support on July 9th, 2019.

Service Pack 3 – Out of Support
Label Build # KB Article Date Fixes (public)
CVE-2022-29143 12.0.6439.10 KB #5014164 2022-06-14 1

From the CVE: "An authenticated attacker could exploit the vulnerability by executing a specially crafted query using $ partition against a table with a Column Store index."

Security Update
(CVE-2021-1636)
12.0.6433.1 KB #4583462 2021-01-12 1

This security update addresses an escalation of privilege vulnerability described in CVE-2021-1636. It is also being pushed via Windows Update, so you may get this sooner than you expect it.

Security Update
(CVE-2020-0618)
12.0.6372.1 KB #4535288 2020-02-11 1
Fixes a remote code execution vulnerability in Reporting Services.
SP3 Cumulative Update #4 12.0.6329.1 KB #4500181 2019-07-29 25 (19)
Security Update
(CVE-2019-1068)
12.0.6293.0 KB #4505422 2019-07-09 1
SP3 Cumulative Update #3 12.0.6259.0 KB #4491539 2019-04-16 4 (4)
SP3 Cumulative Update #2 12.0.6214.1 KB #4482960 2019-02-19 5 (5)
SP3 Cumulative Update #1 12.0.6205.1 KB #4470220 2018-12-12 16 (13)
SP3 GDR builds below – for non-CU path
CVE-2022-29143 12.0.6169.19 KB #5014165 2022-06-14 1

From the CVE: "An authenticated attacker could exploit the vulnerability by executing a specially crafted query using $ partition against a table with a Column Store index."

GDR Security Update
(CVE-2021-1636)
12.0.6164.21 KB #4583463 2021-01-12 1

This security update addresses an escalation of privilege vulnerability described in CVE-2021-1636. It is also being pushed via Windows Update, so you may get this sooner than you expect it.

GDR Security Update
(CVE-2020-0618)
12.0.6118.4 KB #4532095 2020-02-11 1
Fixes a remote code execution vulnerability in Reporting Services.
GDR Security Update
(CVE-2019-1068)
12.0.6108.1 KB #4505218 2019-07-09 1
Service Pack 3 12.0.6024.0 KB #4022619 2018-10-30 31 (31)
Service Pack 2 – Out of Support
Build Name Build # KB Article Date Fixes (public)
SP2 Cumulative Update #18 12.0.5687.1 KB #4500180 2019-07-29 7 (4)
Security Update
(CVE-2019-1068)
12.0.5659.1 KB #4505419 2019-07-09 1
SP2 Cumulative Update #17 12.0.5632.1 KB #4491540 2019-04-16 3 (3)
SP2 Cumulative Update #16 12.0.5626.1 KB #4482967 2019-02-19 3 (3)
SP2 Cumulative Update #15 12.0.5605.1 KB #4469137 2018-12-12 8 (7)
SP2 Cumulative Update #14 12.0.5600.1 KB #4459860 2018-10-15 8 (6)
SP2 Cumulative Update #13 12.0.5590.1 KB #4456287 2018-08-28 4 (4)
SP2 Cumulative Update #12 12.0.5589.7 KB #4130489 2018-06-18 27 (16)
SP2 Cumulative Update #11 12.0.5579.0 KB #4077063 2018-03-19 12 (10)
SP2 Cumulative Update #10
Security Advisory ADV180002
12.0.5571.0 KB #4057117
KB #4052725
2018-01-16 5 (4)
SP2 Cumulative Update #9 12.0.5563 KB #4055557 2017-12-18 8 (7)
SP2 Cumulative Update #8 12.0.5557 KB #4037356 2017-10-17 15 (8)
SP2 Cumulative Update #7 12.0.5556 KB #4032541 2017-08-28 15 (8)
SP2 Cumulative Update #6 12.0.5553 KB #4019094 2017-08-08 29 (29)
SP2 Cumulative Update #5 12.0.5546 KB #4013098 2017-04-17 24 (21)
SP2 Cumulative Update #4 12.0.5540 KB #4010394 2017-02-21 30 (27)
SP2 Cumulative Update #3 12.0.5538 KB #3204388 2016-12-28 44 (39)
Security Bulletin
MS16-136 (CU)
12.0.5532 KB #3194718 2016-11-08 1
SP2 Cumulative Update #2 12.0.5522 KB #3188778 2016-10-18 18 (18)
SP2 Cumulative Update #1 12.0.5511 KB #3178925 2016-08-24 45 (36)
SP2 GDR builds below – for non-CU path
GDR Security Update
(CVE-2019-1068)
12.0.5223.6 KB #4505217 2019-07-09 1
Security Advisory ADV180002 (GDR) 12.0.5214 KB #4057120 2018-01-16 1
CVE-2017-8516
GDR Security Update
12.0.5207 KB #4019093 2017-08-08 1
Security Bulletin
MS16-136 (GDR)
12.0.5203 KB #3194714 2016-11-08 1
Service Pack 2 12.0.5000 KB #3171021 2016-07-11 133 (53)
Service Pack 1 – Out of Support
Label Build # KB Article Date Fixes (public)
SP1 Cumulative Update #13 12.0.4522 KB #4019099 2017-08-08 11 (11)
SP1 Cumulative Update #12 12.0.4511 KB #4017793 2017-04-17 12 (11)
SP1 Cumulative Update #11 12.0.4502 KB #4010392 2017-02-21 15 (15)
SP1 Cumulative Update #10 12.0.4491 KB #3204399 2016-12-28 33 (27)
Security Bulletin MS16-136 (CU)
KB #3194722
12.0.4487 KB #3194722 2016-11-08 1
SP1 Cumulative Update #9 12.0.4474 KB #3186964 2016-10-18 14 (14)
SP1 Cumulative Update #8 12.0.4468 KB #3174038 2016-08-16 38 (38)
COD Hotfix 3174370 12.0.4463 KB #3174370 2016-08-04 1
This critical on-demand hotfix fixes a memory leak issue for customers running SQL Server 2014 and Azure Storage.
SP1 Cumulative Update #7 12.0.4459 KB #3162659 2016-06-20 35 (33)
SP1 Cumulative Update #6
(Refresh)
12.0.4457 KB #3167392 2016-05-31 44 (43)
This Cumulative Update has 44 fixes, most importantly a fix for corruption after dropping columns and a fix for the NOLOCK regression introduced in the original CU6 release (see KB #3167394 for more details).
COD Hotfix 3147825 12.0.4452 KB #3147825 2016-04-05 1
This critical on-demand (COD) hotfix addressed an issue with distributed transactions in availability groups. The fix was replaced by a subsequent CU.
SP1 Cumulative Update #6 12.0.4449 KB #3144524 2016-04-18  
SP1 Cumulative Update #5 12.0.4439 KB #3130926 2016-02-22 20 (20)
COD Hotfix 3130999 12.0.4437 KB #3130999 2016-02-05 2 (2)
SP1 Cumulative Update #4 12.0.4436 KB #3106660 2015-12-22 34 (34)
COD Hotfix 3119148 12.0.4433 KB #3119148 2015-12-09 1
COD Hotfix 3097972 12.0.4432 KB #3097972 2015-11-19 3 (3)
SP1 Cumulative Update #3 12.0.4427 KB #3094221 2015-10-19 40 (36)
SP1 Cumulative Update #2 12.0.4422 KB #3075950 2015-08-17 51 (46)
COD Hotfix 3078973 12.0.4419 KB #3078973 2015-07-24 13 (13)
SP1 Cumulative Update #1 12.0.4416 KB #3067839 2015-06-22 141 (121)
SP1 GDR builds below – for non-CU path
CVE-2017-8516
GDR Security Update
12.0.4237 KB #4019091 2017-08-08 1
Security Bulletin MS16-136 (GDR)
KB #3194720
12.0.4232 KB #3194720 2016-11-08 1
SP1 GDR TLS 1.2 Update 12.0.4219 KB #3098852 2016-01-29 2 (2)
Includes TLS 1.2 support (see KB #3135244 and the Release Services blog for more details).
COD Hotfix 3070446 12.0.4213 KB #3067257 2015-05-15 1
This GDR update addresses an issue described in KB #3067257: a wrong results bug with Columnstore indexes.
Service Pack 1 12.0.4100 KB #3058865 2015-05-15 29 (29)
Service Pack 1 (initial) 12.0.4050 This release was pulled from distribution shortly after release.
RTM – Out of Support
Label Build # KB Article Date Fixes (public)
RTM Cumulative Update #14 12.0.2569 KB #3158271 2016-06-20 21 (20)
RTM Cumulative Update #13 12.0.2568 KB #3144517 2016-04-18 30 (30)
RTM Cumulative Update #12 12.0.2564 KB #3130923 2016-02-22 7 (7)
RTM Cumulative Update #11 12.0.2560 KB #3106659 2015-12-22 19 (19)
RTM Cumulative Update #10 12.0.2556 KB #3094220 2015-10-19 33 (30)
RTM Cumulative Update #9 12.0.2553 KB #3075949 2015-08-17 31 (30)
Security Bulletin MS15-058 12.0.2548 KB #3045323 2015-07-13 1
This QFE update patches a vulnerability which could allow remote code execution. More details in KB #3065718.
RTM Cumulative Update #8 12.0.2546 KB #3067836 2015-06-22 40 (38)
COD Hotfix for Azure Premium Storage Support 12.0.2506 KB #3063054 2015-05-19 1
COD Hotfix for intraquery parallel deadlock 12.0.2505 KB #3052167 2015-05-19 1
COD Hotfixes for SSIS / CCI 12.0.2504 KB #3058512 2015-05-05 2 (2)
RTM Cumulative Update #7 12.0.2495 KB #3046038 2015-04-23 47 (41)
COD Hotfix for Parallel Batch-Mode Deadlock 12.0.2488 KB #3048751 2015-04-01 1
COD Hotfix for Availability Groups with CLR UDTs 12.0.2485 KB #3042370 2015-03-16 1
RTM Cumulative Update #6 12.0.2480 KB #3031407 2015-02-16 64 (55)
COD Hotfix for AGs NOT SYNCHRONIZING 12.0.2474 KB #3034679 2015-02-04 1
This hotfix addresses availability groups reporting as NOT SYNCHRONIZING, an issue caused by CU #5 below. That issue is documented in KB #3033492 and explained further in this SQL Server blog post.
COD Hotfix for SSMS (Azure SQL Database) 12.0.2472 KB #3032087 2015-01-28 1
COD Hotfix for query compile waits 12.0.2464 KB #3024815 2015-01-05 1
This hotfix helps alleviate RESOURCE_SEMAPHORE_QUERY_COMPILE waits during concurrent compilation of large queries. A trace flag is also required (-T6498).
RTM Cumulative Update #5 12.0.2456 KB #3011055 2014-12-17 54 (48)
Cumulative Update #5 introduced a known issue with Availability Groups reporting as NOT SYNCHRONIZING.
COD Hotfix for Availability Groups remote hardening 12.0.2436 KB #3014867 2014-11-27 1
RTM Cumulative Update #4 12.0.2430 KB #2999197 2014-10-21 66 (54)
RTM Cumulative Update #3 12.0.2402 KB #2984923 2014-08-18 40 (32)
MS14-044 QFE Security Update 12.0.2381 KB #2984340 2014-08-12 1
A denial of service / privilege escalation vulnerability was identified and patched August 12, 2014. It is described in Security Bulletin MS14-044 and KB #2984340.
RTM Cumulative Update #2 12.0.2370 KB #2967546 2014-06-27 52 (48)
RTM Cumulative Update #1 12.0.2342 KB #2931693 2014-04-21 121 (114)
RTM GDR builds below – for non-CU path
RTM GDR TLS 1.2 Update 12.0.2271 KB #3098856 2016-01-29 3 (3)
Includes TLS 1.2 support (see KB #3135244 and the Release Services blog for more details).
Security Bulletin MS15-058 12.0.2269 KB #3045324 2015-07-13 2 (2)
This GDR update patches a vulnerability which could allow remote code execution. More details in Security Bulletin MS15-058 and KB #3065718.
Security Bulletin MS14-044 12.0.2254 KB #2984340 2014-08-12 1
A denial of service / privilege escalation vulnerability was identified and patched August 12, 2014. It is described in Security Bulletin MS14-044 and KB #2984340.
RTM 12.0.2000   2014-04-01