Adobe Flash Player version 11.8.800.168 has been released by Adobe Systems. This is the latest version available for users who run the Adobe Flash Player ActiveX version or Plugin version. Adobe Flash Player is a cross-platform browser-based application runtime that is required for viewing of certain applications, content, and videos.
This update resolves the following known issues with Adobe Flash Player:
- 3601024 – [Safari OS X 10.9] – File Downloads now work
- 3611679 – [HTTP Live Streaming] [WebVTT] – Caption colors now render correctly
- 3507613 – [Win7 IE10] – A Microsoft update to Internet Explorer corrects the following issue: Mouse movement interferes with Flash Player display updates
- 3609793 – [Chrome] – Improved Audio Latency path is enabled by default
- 3507613 – [Internet Explorer 10] [Win7] – An update to IE10 resulted in an improvement where instantiating an ActiveX Flash Player instance in IE 10 using a Windowless Mode (opaque or transparent) now works
- 3604526 – [IME CCJK] – The IME candidate window position no longer moves to the left when the composition string extends beyond a single line in a textfield
- 3583135 – [HTTP Live Streaming] [WebVTT] – Changing the options on a caption no longer erroneously resets that caption’s position
- 3602519 – [Chrome] [PPAPI] – Video on NYTimes.com now plays correctly
- 3609793 – [Chrome] [PPAPI] – Audio latency improvements are enabled by default
- 3570724 – [Flash Access] – Ability to specify a shorter timeout for license response
- 3580139 – [Chrome] [PPAPI] [Mac] – screen.yahoo.com – video playback stopped after exiting full-screen mode
- 3580607 – [Chrome] [PPAPI] – Resolves video jitter after exiting fullscreen mode on an embedded YouTube video
- 3572762 – [HTTP Live Streaming] [Web VTT] – A stream with WebVTT captions now plays all of the captions available in a stream
- 3572767 – [HTTP Live Streaming] [Web VTT] – Captions are no longer erroneously broken across multiple lines
- 3577355 – [HTTP Live Streaming] [Web VTT] – Captions are now displayed when seeking backwards in a video stream
- 3577367 – [HTTP Live Streaming] [Web VTT] – Caption customizations are now displayed on the correct frame
- 3583137 – [HTTP Live Streaming] [Web VTT] – Captions are now displayed with the correct font weight
- 3586532 – [HTTP Live Streaming] [Web VTT] – Ampersand, Less Than and Greater Than cue escape characters are now correctly displayed
- 3583922 – [Internet Explorer] – ExternalInterface now works correctly in instances where SWF content was embedded using only the tag.
- 3599625 – [Internet Explorer] – Fullscreen Mode now works correctly on https://apps.facebook.com/warcommander
- 3582320 – [Win8] [ARM] – Flash video now appears as expected on http://www.orange.fr
- 3600931 – [Win8] – Playback Controls are now rendered correctly on http://www.cnn.com/video/
- 3590934 – [Win8] [Firefox] – When the Windows display settings are zoomed to 150%, the right-click context menu in Flash Player now works correctly
- 3606308 – [Android][SecureSocket] [AIR] – Application getting crash when trying to connect with host contains SSL certificate.
- Multiple stability and security fixes
This update contains the following new features:
- StageVideo for AIR Desktop
- Datagram socket support(Mobile)
- Server socket support(Mobile)
- LZMA compressed SWF support(Mobile)
This update contains security patches for the following known vulnerabilities:
- CVE-2013-3361
- CVE-2013-3362
- CVE-2013-3363
- CVE-2013-5324
Adobe recommends users of Adobe Flash Player 11.8.800.94 and earlier versions for Windows should update to Adobe Flash Player 11.8.800.168.
Adobe Flash Player is one of the applications that is managed and updated by ODS. If you are a current customer, ODS will automatically update your version of Adobe Flash Player over the next few days. ODS will deploy both the ActiveX version and the Plugin version. This ensures that Adobe Flash Player will function with web browsers including Internet Explorer, Firefox, Chrome, Safari, and Opera. The update will install silently. No user interaction is required. There are no additional fees or charges for ODS to update your version of Adobe Flash Player.
If you would like assistance managing and deploying Adobe Flash Player for PCs, please contact H Tech Solutions using the URL below.
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