Comment by 1vuio0pswjnm7

"So, let me get this straight. If I've been lazy, postponed updates and I'm still on 8.5.8 (Oct 2023) - it turns out I'm actually...safer?"

This is true for a large number of software "security" issues

A software version earlier in date/time is not necessarily inferior (or superior) to a version later in date/time

As it is "updated" or rewritten,, software can become worse instead of better, or vice versa, for a vaariety of reasons

Checking software's release date, or enabling/allowing "automatic updates" is not a substitute for reading source code and evaluating software on the merits