CVE-2016-1019

Act now ● On CISA KEV — actively exploited used in ransomware

Actively exploited — on the CISA KEV list.

CVSS base

9.8 CRITICAL

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

EPSS — probability of exploitation (30 days)

22.3%

97.6th percentile

CISA KEV

Listed

Added 2022-03-03 · patch by 2022-03-24

Weakness / dates

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Published 2016-04-07 · modified 2026-08-14

CVSS breakdown

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

Attack Vector	N	Network
Attack Complexity	L	Low
Privileges Required	N	None
User Interaction	N	None
Scope	U	Unchanged
Confidentiality	H	High
Integrity	H	High
Availability	H	High

Timeline

2016-04-07 — Published (NVD)
2022-03-03 — Added to CISA KEV (actively exploited)
2022-03-24 — CISA patch-by deadline
2026-08-14 — Last modified (NVD)

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

adobe apple google linux microsoft

References

Official: NVD · CVE.org