CVE-2016-1019: Adobe Flash Player Arbitrary Code Execution Vulnerability

Severity: critical (CVSS 9.8 v3.1)
Exploited in the wild: yes — in CISA KEV since 2022-03-03
EPSS: 22.3% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2016-04-07 · updated 2026-10-01

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 products

Adobe Air Desktop Runtime: through 21.0.0.176
Adobe Air Sdk: through 21.0.0.176
Adobe Air Sdk & Compiler: through 21.0.0.176
Adobe Flash Player 24.0.0.186 and earlier.: through 18.0.0.333; through 21.0.0.197; through 11.2.202.577
Adobe Flash Player Desktop Runtime: through 21.0.0.197

References

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/2016-04/msg00010.html
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-04/msg00012.html
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-04/msg00055.html
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-05/msg00044.html
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-05/msg00045.html
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-0610.html
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/85856
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1035491
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2016/ms16-050
https://helpx.adobe.com/security/products/flash-player/apsa16-01.html

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