Google first to patch Flash bug with Chrome update

16.03.2011

Adobe confirmed today that Chrome's integrated copy of Flash includes the patch for the zero-day vulnerability.

"As part of our collaboration with Google, Google receives updated builds of Flash Player for integration and testing," said Adobe spokeswoman Wiebke Lipps today. "Once testing is completed for Google Chrome, the release is pushed via the Chrome auto-update mechanism."

Adobe is still testing the patched Flash Player across its full list of supported platforms, which range from Windows and Mac OS X to Linux and Android, Lipps said.

Google has been including fixes for Flash Player in its Chrome updates . Chrome is the only browser to automatically update Flash Player with its own patch mechanism.

Chrome users have gotten the jump on others before when it comes to Flash fixes. Last September, for example, Google updated the browser, and delivered a patched Flash Player, .