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CVE-2016-1019

Adobe Flash Player 21.0.0.197 and earlier allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) or possibly execute arbitrary...

Basic Information

CVE State
PUBLISHED
Reserved Date
December 22, 2015
Published Date
April 07, 2016
Last Updated
February 04, 2025
Vendor
Adobe
Product
Flash Player
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.
Tags
cisa malware ransomware

CVSS Scores

CVSS v3.1

9.8 - CRITICAL

Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

CVSS v2.0

10.0

Vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

SSVC Information

Exploitation
active
Automatable
Yes
Technical Impact
total

Exploit Status

Exploited in the Wild
Yes (2022-03-03 00:00:00 UTC) Source
Used in Malware
Yes (added 2022-03-03 00:00:00 UTC) Source

References

https://www.fireeye.com/blog/threat-research/2016/04/cve-2016-1019_a_new.html https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201606-08 http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-04/msg00012.html https://helpx.adobe.com/security/products/flash-player/apsa16-01.html http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-04/msg00010.html http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1035491 http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-05/msg00044.html http://blogs.adobe.com/psirt/?p=1330 http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-04/msg00009.html http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-05/msg00045.html http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-04/msg00055.html http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-0610.html https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2016/ms16-050 https://helpx.adobe.com/security/products/flash-player/apsb16-10.html http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/85856

Known Exploited Vulnerability Information

Source Added Date
CISA 2022-03-03 00:00:00 UTC

Timeline

  • CVE ID Reserved

  • CVE Published to Public

  • Exploit Used in Malware

  • Added to KEVIntel