Last week Adobe issued a Flash Security Advisory about a critical vulnerability (CVE-2015-7645), that has been identified in Adobe Flash Player 19.0.0.207 and earlier versions for Windows, Macintosh and Linux. Last Friday Adobe released a Flash player update to fix this vulnerability. Now Microsoft announced also an extraordinary patch for Flash player.
The vulnerability has been addressed in Microsoft Security Advisory 2755801 for IT professionals. Adobe Flash Player is vulnerable in the following web browsers:
- Internet Explorer in Windows 8, Windows Server 2012, Windows 8.1, Windows Server 2012 R2, Windows 10, and the Windows 10 Insider Preview
- Microsoft Edge in Windows 10 and the Windows 10 Insider Preview
Update KB3105216 (Update for vulnerabilities in Adobe Flash Player in Internet Explorer and Microsoft Edge: October 19, 2015) promises to close the vulnerability in Flash for the Windows and browser versions mentioned above.
Side note: In Windows 10 Build 10565 I haven’t received this Update (2015/10/20/). Also the following download list don’t have a patch for Windows 10. But I’ve tested on the About Flash Player page, my Windows 10 Build contains an old Flash Player version.
BTW: Google Chrome browser version 46 contains the news Flash Player version. Users running Windows Vista and Windows 7 need to install Adobe Flash Player update from Adobe.
Download-Links
Update for Internet Explorer Flash Player for Windows 8.1
Download the Windows8.1-KB3105216-x86.msu package now
Download the Windows8.1-KB3105216-x64.msu package now
Update for Internet Explorer Flash Player for Windows 8
Download the Windows8-RT-KB3105216-x86.msu package now
Download the Windows8-RT-KB3105216-x64.msu package now
Update for Internet Explorer Flash Player for Windows Server 2012
Download the Windows8-RT-KB3105216-x64.msu package now
Update for Internet Explorer Flash Player for Windows Server 2012 R2
Download the Windows8.1-KB3105216-x64.msu package now
Here are the Flash-Player 19.0.0.226 downloads for Windows Vista / 7.
ActiveX-Version:
https://fpdownload.adobe.com/pub/flashplayer/latest/help/install_flash_player_ax.exe
NPAPI-Version:
https://fpdownload.adobe.com/pub/flashplayer/latest/help/install_flash_player.exe
PPAPI-Version:
https://fpdownload.adobe.com/pub/flashplayer/latest/help/install_flash_player_ppapi.exe
Uninstaller:
https://fpdownload.macromedia.com/get/flashplayer/current/support/uninstall_flash_player.exe