Closed Bug 763387 Opened 12 years ago Closed 12 years ago

[adbe 3210917] IMEs don't work with Flash Player 11.3 (with Protected Mode enabled)

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(Core Graveyard :: Plug-ins, defect)

x86
Windows 7
defect
Not set
major

Tracking

(Not tracked)

RESOLVED INVALID

People

(Reporter: kohei, Unassigned)

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Details

(Keywords: jp-critical, Whiteboard: [flash-11.3])

+++ This bug was initially created as a clone of Bug #763237 +++ The latest Flash Player includes the Protected Mode for Firefox on Windows Vista and 7. http://forums.adobe.com/message/4476911 With this version, people are saying they can no longer input Japanese characters on Flash forms. This is the same situation as Bug 587667. STR: 1. Install Google IME http://www.google.co.jp/ime/ 2. Go to http://weathernews.jp/ 3. Enable IME 4. input characters on the input widget Expected: IME does work like other forms Actual result: English characters are entered instead of Japanese. IME works when the Protected Mode disabled. http://forums.adobe.com/message/4468493 Looks like the bundled Microsoft IME works even with Protected Mode enabled.
This can be reproduced both on Release and Nightly.
Summary: IME doesn't work with Flash 11.3 with Protected Mode enabled → IME doesn't work with Flash Player 11.3 with Protected Mode enabled
Version: 13 Branch → Trunk
We have notified the issue to Japanese Firefox users via Mozilla Japan blog http://mozilla.jp/blog/entry/6738/ and Twitter https://twitter.com/mozillajp/status/212062234996772864
(In reply to Kohei Yoshino from comment #2) > We have notified the issue to Japanese Firefox users via Mozilla Japan blog > http://mozilla.jp/blog/entry/6738/ Nope, our post is http://mozilla.jp/blog/entry/9509/
We tested with system IME before shipping. Is this an issue only with Google IME? Jeff Mott Flash Player
MS-IME did work as far as I tested at http://weathernews.jp/ I haven't tested other IMEs like ATOK.
I've installed other popular IMEs and tested at http://weathernews.jp/ * ATOK trial version: not affected * Baidu IME: not affected Though I cannot guarantee those IMEs work on every forms, please test Google IME as it's free and becoming popular among Japanese Internet users.
Could someone with the right permissions change the title of the bug to "Google IME" rather than "IME" please?
Summary: IME doesn't work with Flash Player 11.3 with Protected Mode enabled → Google IME doesn't work with Flash Player 11.3 (with Protected Mode enabled)
Summary: Google IME doesn't work with Flash Player 11.3 (with Protected Mode enabled) → [adbe 3210917] Google IME doesn't work with Flash Player 11.3 (with Protected Mode enabled)
Hi, I could reproduce this issue on the following environment: - Mozilla Firefox 13.0 - Microsoft Windows 7 x64 SP1 - Adobe Flash 11.3.300.257 -- Google Japanese Input 1.5.1111.100 -- Mozc 1.5.1090.102 http://code.google.com/p/mozc/source/detail?r=115 There already is a known issue between Google Japanese Input / Mozc and Adobe Acrobat Reader regarding to the "Protected Mode", and the situation of this case seems to be very similar to it. Here is the thread I explained the problem to users: https://productforums.google.com/d/topic/ime-ja/MuR7HpHBo9M/discussion Problem details: Let me use Mozc ( http://code.google.com/p/mozc/ ) to explain the detailed background so that anyone can investigate what is going on in source level when necessarily. As far as I have observed, in FlashPlayerPlugin_11_3_300_257.exe, protected mode does not allow mozc_ja.ime to create Win32 namedpipe, through which mozc_ja.ime communicates with the Mozc's conversion process, named mozc_server.exe. Unfortunately, mozc_ja.ime cannot work as expected in such a situation because it is designed to delegate almost all of the IME tasks to mozc_server.exe through the namedpipe-based IPC. You can see that the CreateFile API returns INVALID_HANDLE_VALUE in the following line. http://code.google.com/p/mozc/source/browse/trunk/src/ipc/win32_ipc.cc?r=115#299 This is the info what we have found so far. Hope this helps.
I was told that Baidu IME http://ime.baidu.jp/ had the same issue. I've tested those again and here's the results: Unaffected: * Microsoft IME version 10.1.7601.0 * ATOK 2012 version 25.0.4.0 Affected, but unaffected with Protected Mode disabled * Google IME version 1.4.1031.0 * Baidu IME version 2.6.1.1 Tested on Windows 7 Pro SP1, Firefox 13.0 and Flash 11.3.300.257.
Summary: [adbe 3210917] Google IME doesn't work with Flash Player 11.3 (with Protected Mode enabled) → [adbe 3210917] Google/Baidu IME doesn't work with Flash Player 11.3 (with Protected Mode enabled)
Summary: [adbe 3210917] Google/Baidu IME doesn't work with Flash Player 11.3 (with Protected Mode enabled) → [adbe 3210917] Google IME and Baidu IME don't work with Flash Player 11.3 (with Protected Mode enabled)
ATOK doesn't work on Nico Nico Douga, one of the most popular video site in Japan. http://www.nicovideo.jp/
Summary: [adbe 3210917] Google IME and Baidu IME don't work with Flash Player 11.3 (with Protected Mode enabled) → [adbe 3210917] IMEs don't work with Flash Player 11.3 (with Protected Mode enabled)
Here is the compatibility table (unofficial, written in Japanese): http://www.d-toybox.com/studio/weblog/show.php?mode=single;id=2012061400 On Flash, most Japanese IMEs don't work under Kana input mode. I guess that that means IMEs call SetKeyboardState() for Kana-locking in different thread or process from the thread of focused window. So, Flash's protect mode completely broke Japanese IME compatibility. I think that Adobe should disable protect mode in default settings.
(Bug 763765 comment 5) > 763387 is a known design limitation, whereby Flash Player running as a > low-privilege process (a natural side-effect of the Protected Mode > enhancements) does not have access to invoke many of the helper DLLs that > power the popular Microsoft IMEs, and for third-party IMEs that would > otherwise be invoked by a high-privilege Flash Player dll. We are exploring > options for re-enabling IME in future sandboxing release, but this will most > likely require changes from Microsoft and/or Mozilla. We're actively > investigating options for providing full IME support while extending the > full benefits of Protected Mode to those users. > > In this instance, Flash Player 10.3 isn't a bad workaround. We are > committed to supporting one major version of Flash Player back (10, in this > case) until that version is 18 months old, or we release a new Major version > of Flash Player. > > Users affected by these new IME limitations can revert to Flash Player 10.3 > to get the latest critical security updates while continuing to use their > preferred IME.
Component: Plug-ins → Flash (Adobe)
Product: Core → Plugins
QA Contact: plugins → adobe-flash
Version: Trunk → 11.x
Whiteboard: [flash-11.3]
it is a known design limitation. here is the technical summary from https://bugbase.adobe.com/index.cfm?event=bug&id=3210917 "Those IMEs are set up to have the parent process use its DLL to run the IME. As the Flash Player process is now a low-privilege processes, and given that Microsoft has explicitly prohibited low-privileged processes from having DLL’s run new programs, IME won’t work under protected mode without enhancements to the browser or OS."
Component: Flash (Adobe) → Plug-ins
Product: Plugins → Core
Version: 11.x → Trunk
Given the current data, there is nothing for Mozilla to do here.
Status: NEW → RESOLVED
Closed: 12 years ago
Resolution: --- → INVALID
Product: Core → Core Graveyard
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