Flash Player 16.0.0.296 ?

[pwillener]

Windows 7-SP1

Today I noticed that my Flash Player (both ActiveX and NPAPI) have silently updated to 16.0.0.296, but I cannot find any announcement or Security Bulletin.

Furthermore, the downloads at

• Flash Player for Internet Exporer - ActiveX
• Flash Player for Firefox - NPAPI

and the distribution page still contain the 16.0.0.287 installers.

What is going on?

[gener7]

Here's what I found out:

UPDATED: Security Advisory for Adobe Flash Player (APSA15-01)

You probably already know that now.

Gene

[pwillener]

Thanks; didn't know that.  I was looking for something like http://helpx.adobe.com/security/products/flash-player/apsb15-03.html (which is a 404).

[gener7]

I just plugged the version number into Google to get that link, so it might be a good alternative search method if you need to source these things out in a hurry.

Gene

[pwillener]

The Distribution page http://www.adobe.com/products/flashplayer/distribution3.html has been updated.

http://helpx.adobe.com/flash-player/kb/installation-problems-flash-player-windows.html#main-pars_tex... still points to the old version.

[gener7]

Thanks Pat,  The sooner security patches are applied, the better.

Gene

[pwillener]

pwillener wrote:

http://helpx.adobe.com/flash-player/kb/installation-problems-flash-player-windows.html#mai n-pars_te... still points to the old version.

It's Tuesday; still not change!

[gener7]

I just updated Flash Player on Windows with the standalone .exe installer you linked, but I hope it's not a case of grabbing the cookies out of the oven before they are done.  I wonder if there is a good reason for holding off.

Gene

[pwillener]

Jeromie gave some info in this topic https://forums.adobe.com/thread/1690925

[gener7]

Yet another problem Adobe Security Bulletin

Affects 16.0.0.296 Mac/PC.

Plugin deactivated until I get further notices.

Gene

[RandomReado]

Release Notes | Flash Player® 16 AIR® 16

Your release notes page is still referencing 16.0.0.287!

[_maria_]

Hello,

The release notes and security bulletin have been updated.

• Release Notes | Flash Player® 16 AIR® 16
• Adobe Security Bulletin

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Maria

[RandomReado]

Thank you very much.

[Pancake_Lizard]

Hello people i like to weigh in here.

I currently have adobe flash player 16,0,0,296 installed. Adobe - Flash Player (about page). but when i open the flash in a window on my desktop I get this weird lol.

[pwillener]

What is your Windows version?  What files do you have in

• C:\Windows\System32\Macromed\Flash ?
• C:\Windows\SysWOW64\Macromed\Flash ?

[Pancake_Lizard]

why are my plug-in's with PAPPI (out-of-Process)?

[_maria_]

Hi Keaton,

PPAPI plugins are out-of-process by design.  This is for security reasons, if something happens (i.e. crash, then only that one process is affected, not others.

You can learn more about the difference between NPAPI and PPAPI here Chromium Blog: The road to safer, more stable, and flashier Flash.

Google is also work deprecating the NPAPI plugin on Chrome.  Sometime in the future, only the PPAPI plugin will work on Chrome.

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Maria

[Pancake_Lizard]

Hi m_vargas thanks for the reply.

It seem that Flash version 16.0.0.296 (dubugger) has corrected the native client process.

[_maria_]

Hello Keaton,

Debugger players are not recommended, unless you're a developer debugging your code.  The playback experience with debuggers is impacted as it tends to display a myriad of dialog windows when certain conditions are encountered, again for the purpose of developers debugging their code.

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Maria

[pwillener]

More to come soon: https://helpx.adobe.com/security/products/flash-player/apsa15-02.html

[pwillener]

Flash Player 16.0.0.305 is now available via automatic background update.

As with the last update, no explicit installer downloads are available yet.

[_maria_]

Hello,

All of the other installers should be available now (get.adobe.com/flashplayer, help pages, licensing, etc). Although, for some reason, the version on the Licensing page has not yet been updated.  We are following up on this issue.

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Maria