Adobe has updated the bulletin related to the CVE-2015-311 vulnerability in Flash . Apparently a new version of Flash (16.0.0.296) has been released to address the bug.
Initially, the new version was not available from the main Flash download page , although computers with Flash’s automatic update feature enabled did download and install it. As of January 27, the new version is available on the Flash download page .
Anyone using a web browser with Flash enabled should install the new version as soon as possible.
Ars Technica has additional details .
Update 2015Jan28: Adobe has issued another security bulletin for this update.
Update 2015Jan30: Flash 16.0.0.296 also addresses the vulnerability CVE-2015-312 .
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