Adobe Flash Player version 15.0.0.239 has been released by Adobe Systems. Adobe Flash Player is a cross-platform browser-based application runtime that is required for viewing of certain applications, content, and videos.
Security Updates
Adobe has released security updates for Adobe Flash Player for Windows. These updates provide additional hardening against CVE-2014-8439, which was mitigated in the October 14, 2014 release (reference http://helpx.adobe.com/security/products/flash-player/apsb14-22.html).
- Users of the Adobe Flash Player desktop runtime for Windows should update to Adobe Flash Player 15.0.0.239.
- Adobe Flash Player installed with Google Chrome, as well as Internet Explorer on Windows 8.x will be automatically updated to the current version.
These updates provide additional hardening against a vulnerability in the handling of a dereferenced memory pointer that could lead to code execution (CVE-2014-8439). A mitigation was previously introduced for this issue in the October 14, 2014 release.
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.
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