Adobe Flash Player version 14.0.0.125 Released

Fixed Issues

• TextField.getFontList() and Font.enumerateFonts() now return 0 in Private Browsing Mode (3720929)

• Font.enumerateFonts now returns an alphabetically sorted list (3720932)

• Resolves an issue introduced in Flash Player 11.10 and AIR SDK > 13 where attached connected game controllers were not detected at launch (3752605)

• Hardware Decoding support is now enabled for Intel Baytrail hardware (3752291)

• [Chrome] Resolves an issue where some render textures could not be displayed with Chrome and D3DX11 (3743626)

• [Chrome] Angry Birds on Facebook now works as expected (3761933)

• [Chrome] Flash Player will not load a SWF if Content-Type-Options: nosniff is specified and the Content-Type header does not match (3712045, Chromium 172918)

• [HTTP Live Streaming] The value of AudioTrack.isDefault is now returned correctly (3761057)

• [HTTP Live Streaming] The value of AudioTrack.name is now returned correctly after AUDIO_UPDATE events (3767714)

• [Win] Resolves a video playback issue that was introduced in 11.9.900.166 that caused a small number of H.264 streams to not play (3735300)

• [Win] IME – Corrects an issue where words were duplicated in the candidate window on third-party bottom line IMEs (3721064)

• [Win8.1 x64] The Windows Narrator tool now recognizes Flash Player objects embedded in web pages (3618169, MSFT 458063)

• [Win8.1] Reduces power consumption during video playback in portrait orientation (3699152)

• [Win8.1] Improves performance of video blitting on DirectX 11 systems in portrait mode (3748772)

• [Win8.1] Video from built-in cameras now rotates as expected when the device changes from landscape to portrait mode (3722322, MSFT 611601)

• [Win8.1] Sprite.graphics.beginFill(Number) now correctly sets the provided color after a page refresh (3729475, MSFT 508518)

• [Win8.1] HTTP Live Streaming – Resolves an issue where encrypted video playback would hang intermittently (3710245)

• [Win8.x] The [Tab] key now works as expected in Full-Screen mode (3719314)

• [Win8.x] Resolves a stability issue for standalone applications that use Flash Player in an embedded Internet Explorer instance (3763486)

• [Win8.x] StandAlone Player – Exiting FullScreen mode now works as expected (3730508)

• [Win8.x] Flash Player will now gracefully recover from a graphics driver reset (3752447, MSFT 346563)

• [Win8.x] Resolves a stability issue with HTTP Live Streaming (3758254)
• [Win][Networking] Set default network request timeout to 5 seconds.  Added new configuration property “NetworkRequestTimeout” which can be set in configuration files.

• Multiple security and stability fixes

 

New Features

 

• AnisotropicFiltering

This new texture sampling filter can enhance the image quality of textures on surfaces that are at oblique viewing angles.  There are two ways to enable this feature:

In AGAL, set one of the values – “anisotropic2x”, “anisotropic4x”, “anisotropic8x”, or “anisotropic16x” to the filter option in the sampling instructions.

Call Context3D::setSamplerStateAt with the 3rd parameter “filter” being one of the values defined in Context3DTextureFilter – “ANISOTROPIC2X“, “ANISOTROPIC4X“, “ANISOTROPIC8X“, or “ANISOTROPIC16X“

• New Stage3D “Standard” Profile

Developers can now request this high level profile when creating Context3D.  Three new features are available in this profile:

Multiple render target allows to you to draw geometry to multiple outputs (up to 4) during one drawing

Floating point texture allows you to create Texture, RectangleTexture and CubeTuxture with the RGBA16F folder.

AGAL v2 contains these improvements:

Increased register size

Partial derivative instructions

Fragment depth output

Conditional forward jump
 

Security updates

Adobe has released security updates for Adobe Flash Player 13.0.0.214 and earlier versions for Windows. These updates address vulnerabilities that could potentially allow an attacker to take control of the affected system. Adobe recommends users update their product installations to the latest versions:

• Users of Adobe Flash Player 13.0.0.214 and earlier versions for Windows should update to Adobe Flash Player 14.0.0.125.

• Adobe Flash Player 13.0.0.214 installed with Google Chrome will automatically be updated to the latest Google Chrome version, which will include Adobe Flash Player 14.0.0.125 for Windows.

• Adobe Flash Player 13.0.0.214 installed with Internet Explorer 10 will automatically be updated to the latest Internet Explorer 10 version, which will include Adobe Flash Player 14.0.0.125 for Windows 8.0.

• Adobe Flash Player 13.0.0.214 installed with Internet Explorer 11 will automatically be updated to the latest Internet Explorer 11 version, which will include Adobe Flash Player 14.0.0.125 for Windows 8.1.

 

These updates resolve cross-site-scripting vulnerabilities (CVE-2014-0531, CVE-2014-0532, CVE-2014-0533).

These updates resolve security bypass vulnerabilities (CVE-2014-0534, CVE-2014-0535).

These updates resolve a memory corruption vulnerability that could result in arbitrary code execution (CVE-2014-0536).

 

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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