Adobe Flash Player Version 19.0.0.207 Released

​Adobe Flash Player ​version 19.0.0.207 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.

Flash Player

• Flash content cannot be embedded within Microsoft PowerPoint [4062206]
• Installing 19.0.0.185 does not uninstall 18.0.0.232 [4060786]
• Images are not displayed as expected using BitmapData.encode with PNGEncoderOptions [4046676]
• Multiple security and functional fixes

Known Issues

• StageWebView not working with native browser option set to true. [4043422]
  

Security Updates

• Adobe Flash Player installed with Google Chrome will be automatically updated to the latest Google Chrome version, which will include Adobe Flash Player 19.0.0.207 on Windows, Macintosh, Linux and Chrome OS.
• Adobe Flash Player installed with Microsoft Edge for Windows 10 will be automatically updated to the latest version, which will include Adobe Flash Player 19.0.0.207.
• Adobe Flash Player installed with Internet Explorer 10 and 11 for Windows 8.0 and 8.1 will be automatically updated to the latest version, which will include Adobe Flash Player 19.0.0.207.
• Adobe recommends users of the AIR desktop runtime, AIR SDK and AIR SDK & Compiler update to version 19.0.0.213 by visiting the AIR download center or the AIR developer center. 
• Please visit the Flash Player Help page for assistance in installing Flash Player.

• • These updates resolve a type confusion vulnerability that could lead to code execution (CVE-2015-5573). 
  • These updates resolve use-after-free vulnerabilities that could lead to code execution (CVE-2015-5570, CVE-2015-5574, CVE-2015-5581, CVE-2015-5584, CVE-2015-6682). 
  • These updates resolve buffer overflow vulnerabilities that could lead to code execution (CVE-2015-6676, CVE-2015-6678). 
  • These updates resolve memory corruption vulnerabilities that could lead to code execution (CVE-2015-5575, CVE-2015-5577, CVE-2015-5578, CVE-2015-5580, CVE-2015-5582, CVE-2015-5588, CVE-2015-6677). 
  • These updates include additional validation checks to ensure that Flash Player rejects malicious content from vulnerable JSONP callback APIs  (CVE-2015-5571). 
  • These updates resolve a memory leak vulnerability (CVE-2015-5576). 
  • These updates include further hardening to a mitigation to defend against vector length corruptions  (CVE-2015-5568). 
  • These updates resolve stack corruption vulnerabilities that could lead to code execution (CVE-2015-5567, CVE-2015-5579). 
  • These updates resolve a stack overflow vulnerability that could lead to code execution (CVE-2015-5587). 
  • These updates resolve a security bypass vulnerability that could lead to information disclosure (CVE-2015-5572). 
  • These updates resolve a vulnerability that could be exploited to bypass the same-origin-policy and lead to information disclosure (CVE-2015-6679).

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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