adobe flash-player CVE-2016-1019 is a vulnerability in Adobe Flash Player
Published on April 7, 2016

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.

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Known Exploited Vulnerability

This Adobe Flash Player Arbitrary Code Execution Vulnerability is part of CISA's list of Known Exploited Vulnerabilities. Adobe Flash Player allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service or possibly execute arbitrary code.

The following remediation steps are recommended / required by March 24, 2022: Apply updates per vendor instructions.

Vulnerability Analysis

CVE-2016-1019 can be exploited with local system access, requires user interaction. This vulnerability is considered to have a low attack complexity. This vulnerability is known to be actively exploited by threat actors. The potential impact of an exploit of this vulnerability is considered to be very high.

Attack Vector:
LOCAL
Attack Complexity:
LOW
Privileges Required:
NONE
User Interaction:
REQUIRED
Scope:
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact:
HIGH
Integrity Impact:
HIGH
Availability Impact:
HIGH

Products Associated with CVE-2016-1019

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Exploit Probability

EPSS
71.43%
Percentile
98.71%

EPSS (Exploit Prediction Scoring System) scores estimate the probability that a vulnerability will be exploited in the wild within the next 30 days. The percentile shows you how this score compares to all other vulnerabilities.