>is said to never even have been a zero day, i.e. before it was publicly released, Microsoft was forewarned and released a patch. Which is nonsense. It was an

>is said to never even have been a zero day, i.e. before it was publicly released, Microsoft was forewarned and released a patch. Which is nonsense. It was an exploit that was actively used for at least 5 years before Microsoft was informed about it. The "not a zeroday" is pretty close to doublespeak. There is nothing to sugarcoat here. It was a zeroday that was exploited for years and Microsoft wasnt informed until the very end. All the while millions of devices were vulnerable. I have to say I am having a hard time assuming good faith when people make such statements, here of all places. A vulnerability is a zero day until the day the maker is informed about it. Its not an ambiguous definition.