<div class="content"><p>The IUpdate::MsrcSeverity (opnum 35) method retrieves a
rating of the severity of the problem that the update fixes.</p><dl>
<dd>
<div><pre> HRESULT MsrcSeverity(
   [out, retval] BSTR* retval
 );
</pre></div>
</dd></dl><p><b>retval: </b>A string indicating the severity of
the issue fixed by this update as defined by the Microsoft Security Response
Center (MSRC). The string SHOULD be set to an enumerated list of values. <a id="Appendix_A_Target_24"></a><a aria-label="Product behavior note 24" href="50faf1ae-d0ab-42cb-87e2-33f30391e807#Appendix_A_24" data-linktype="relative-path">&lt;24&gt;</a></p><p><b>Return Values: </b>The method MUST return
information in an <b>HRESULT</b> data structure. The severity bit in the
structure identifies the following conditions:</p><ul><li><p><span><span>  </span></span>If
the severity bit is set to 0, the method completed successfully.</p>
</li><li><p><span><span>  </span></span>If
the severity bit is set to 1, the method failed and encountered a fatal error.</p>
</li></ul><p><b>Exceptions Thrown:</b> No exceptions are thrown beyond
those thrown by the underlying RPC protocol <span><a href="../ms-rpce/290c38b1-92fe-4229-91e6-4fc376610c15" data-linktype="relative-path">[MS-RPCE]</a></span>.</p><p>The server SHOULD return the value of the <b>MsrcSeverity</b>
ADM element.</p></div>