CVE-2016-1019

CRITICAL KEV RANSOMWARE

Adobe Flash Player Desktop Runtime < 21.0.0.197 - Denial of Service

Title source: rule

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.

References (17)

[Broken Link, Vendor Advisory] http://blogs.adobe.com/psirt/?p=1330

[Broken Link] http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-04/msg00009.html

[Broken Link] http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-04/msg00010.html

[Broken Link] http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-04/msg00012.html

[Broken Link] http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-04/msg00055.html

[Broken Link] http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-05/msg00044.html

[Broken Link] http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-05/msg00045.html

[Third Party Advisory] http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-0610.html

[Broken Link, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry] http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/85856

[Broken Link, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry] http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1035491

[Patch, Third Party Advisory, Vendor Advisory] https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2016/ms16-050

[Vendor Advisory] https://helpx.adobe.com/security/products/flash-player/apsa16-01.html

[Vendor Advisory] https://helpx.adobe.com/security/products/flash-player/apsb16-10.html

[Third Party Advisory] https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201606-08

[Broken Link] https://www.fireeye.com/blog/threat-research/2016/04/cve-2016-1019_a_new.html

[Issue Tracking] https://github.com/cisagov/vulnrichment/issues/196

[Third Party Advisory, US Government Resource] https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2016-1019

Scores

CVSS v3 9.8

EPSS 0.5801

EPSS Percentile 98.2%

Attack Vector NETWORK

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

Details

CISA KEV 2022-03-03

VulnCheck KEV 2016-04-02

InTheWild.io 2016-04-02

ENISA EUVD EUVD-2016-2123

Ransomware Use Confirmed

Status published

Products (7)

adobe/air_desktop_runtime < 21.0.0.176

adobe/air_sdk < 21.0.0.176

adobe/air_sdk_\&_compiler < 21.0.0.176

adobe/flash_player < 11.2.202.577

adobe/flash_player < 18.0.0.333

adobe/flash_player < 21.0.0.197 (3 CPE variants)

adobe/flash_player_desktop_runtime < 21.0.0.197

Published Apr 07, 2016

KEV Added Mar 03, 2022

Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026