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Flash 15.0.0.239 strengthens protection against CVE-2014-8439

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Security vulnerability CVE-2014-8439 was addressed in the October updates for Flash, but recent attacks made it clear that more work was required. Flash 15.0.0.239 provides additional protection against attacks based on CVE-2014-8439.

Anyone who uses Flash is advised to install the new version as soon as possible. Google Chrome and Internet Explorer 10/11 in Windows 8.x will be updated automatically.

Note that if you use Flash in Internet Explorer as well as in other web browsers, you may need to install the new version twice: once using IE and once using another browser.

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Jeff Rivett has worked with and written about computers since the early 1980s. His first computer was an Apple II+, built by his father and heavily customized. Jeff's writing appeared in Computist Magazine in the 1980s, and he created and sold a game utility (Ultimaker 2, reviewed in the December 1983 Washington Apple Pi Journal) to international markets during the same period. Proceeds from writing, software sales, and contract programming gigs paid his way through university, earning him a Bachelor of Science (Computer Science) degree at UWO. Jeff went on to work as a programmer, sysadmin, and manager in various industries. There's more on the About page, and on the Jeff Rivett Consulting site.

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