CVEvulnerability

CVE-2016-1019

9.8 CRITICAL Known exploited Published 2016-04-07 Modified 2026-10-01 Official page ↗

CISA Known Exploited Vulnerability

Adobe Flash Player Arbitrary Code Execution Vulnerability — Adobe Flash Player

Adobe Flash Player allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service or possibly execute arbitrary code.

Added to KEV
2022-03-03
Remediation due
2022-03-24
Ransomware use
Known
Required action
The impacted product is end-of-life and should be disconnected if still in use.
Notes
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-1019
Status
Analyzed
Published
2016-04-07
Last modified
2026-10-01
Assigner
[email protected]
CVSS 3.1 ([email protected])
9.8 CRITICAL — CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CVSS 3.1 (134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0)
7.8 HIGH — CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
10.0 HIGH — AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Description

Adobe Flash Player 21.0.0.197 and earlier allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code via unspecified vectors, as exploited in the wild in April 2016.

Affected configurations

• adobe flash player desktop runtime (<= 21.0.0.197) • adobe flash player (<= 18.0.0.333) • adobe flash player (<= 21.0.0.197) • adobe flash player (<= 11.2.202.577) • adobe air desktop runtime (<= 21.0.0.176) • adobe air sdk (<= 21.0.0.176) • adobe air sdk \& compiler (<= 21.0.0.176)

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