Phil, I'll say up front that it's rare that an update itself would lead to that condition (of CF not being able to start). But I realize you may feel stuck. I offer below info to try to help you here, then I conclude with an offer to help more directly if that may be more expedient for you.
First, you can and should check the logs for the update, to see if there was any error during the running of the update. This would NOT be found in the normal coldfusion logs folder, but instead in the hf-updates folder (a sibling to logs), and then in that there's a folder for each update number that has been run, and in that is an install log (a long name, with the date/time of running the update). In that log, there should be an indication of "0 Fatalerrors". If there are any, that would be where things started. But let's confirm if that's the issue at all, first. (I have a blog post with more on checking the update logs.)
Second, note that you CAN try to uninstall or reinstall the update. I realize that since CF won't start, you can't get to the CF Admin, but you CAN re-run the update (or uninstall it) via the command line if necessary, and I talk about that in my blog also.
Third, you may well confirm that there were 0 errors with the update, and in that case it may be that the failure to start now is not due to the error, but it may be due to something ELSE done previously which only came into effect upon the restart of CF, which the update performs. If it may have been days or weeks (or months) since CF had last been started, some configuration change may have been done (in the CF Admin UI or to the underlying files) which didn't take effect until now, when CF was restarted. There is a server.log in the CF logs folder that can help you to see when CF has been restarted, and how long ago it last had been.
And if there is such a problem, it may be easily solved. But we have to know what that problem is. And to that, I would note that you are quoting SOME lines from the CF logs, but it's not clear that you are quoting the FIRST lines in error after CF starts up. Can you whatever is the FIRST error you see after the restart in both the coldfusion-out.log and coldfusion-error.log? You may find something to explain things.
Finally, if you are in a bit of a panic mode and don't have time to assess or consider or deal with all the above, I will note that you are not "stuck". There are consultants (myself included) who help "get folks out of a ditch" like this. I list them at cf411.com/cftrouble, or you can reach out to me directly at carehart.org/consulting. I could help in the coming hours or over the weekend. You'll see discussed there my rates, approach, satisfaction guarantee, and more.
I'm sorry that some people hate to see a "sales pitch" here. I offer this (after all the sincere advice above) merely because you may be in a jam, and I get people out of such every day. There are so many possible reasons for problems that most folks have a hard time finding the right one resource that provides the specific answer for their situation. I know how to connect the dots from specific problem to specific solution. It's what I do, here or in such consulting, via a screenshare, and usually very quickly.
/Charlie (troubleshooter, carehart.org)
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