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Vulnerability · CVE-2016-1019

Adobe Flash Player Arbitrary Code Execution Vulnerability

Published Apr 2, 2016 · catalog updated Oct 1, 2026 · Adobe Flash Player

Patch now

CVE-2016-1019 is in the CISA known-exploited catalog, due Mar 24, 2022. Confirm Adobe Flash Player against the vendor advisory and apply that fix. The CVSS score does not change the priority.

Severity
Critical9.8
Known exploitation
CISA KEV and VulnCheck KEV
EPSS
22.32%
Remediation
Remediation guidance
Affected products
cpe adobe/air desktop runtime · cpe adobe/air sdk · cpe adobe/air sdk & compiler · cpe adobe/flash player · cpe adobe/flash player desktop runtime · stated Flash Player

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.

Are you affected?

Enter the version you run. The result uses only the ranges stored on this record.

The check returns affected, not affected, or incomplete. It does not guess a version that is missing from the record.

  • cpe adobe/air desktop runtimeversion unspecified
  • cpe adobe/air sdkversion unspecified
  • cpe adobe/air sdk & compilerversion unspecified
  • cpe adobe/flash playerversion unspecified
  • cpe adobe/flash player desktop runtimeversion unspecified
  • stated Flash Player<= 0.0.197
  • vendor Adobe Flash Playerversion unspecified

How to fix CVE-2016-1019

What to do

Three questions, each answered from this record only. Confirm the vendor advisory before you patch.

Should you patch?

CVE-2016-1019 is in the CISA known-exploited catalog, due Mar 24, 2022. Confirm Adobe Flash Player against the vendor advisory and apply that fix. The CVSS score does not change the priority.

Which versions are affected?

Compare what you have installed with Flash Player <= 0.0.197. The impacted product is end-of-life and should be disconnected if still in use.

What should an analyst verify?

No weakness class is stored. EPSS 22.32%. The CISA KEV listing is the exploitation evidence. No Exploit-DB or Metasploit reference is linked. Use the source links for the original advisory.

Code

The project this record applies to. Exploit listings stay in References.

No public source repository is identified for this product.

Timeline

Detection, updates, and resolution for this record.

  1. Apr 7, 2016 · Catalog

    Detected

    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.

  2. Mar 3, 2022 · CISA KEV

    Known exploited

    The impacted product is end-of-life and should be disconnected if still in use.

  3. Mar 24, 2022 · CISA KEV

    Remediation due

    The impacted product is end-of-life and should be disconnected if still in use.

  4. Oct 1, 2026 · Catalog

    Updated

    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.

Sources

  • CISA KEVConfirmed exploitationCVE-2016-1019

    Adobe Flash Player allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service or possibly execute arbitrary code.

    cisa.gov
  • CVE.orgVulnerability recordCVE-2016-1019

    Official CVE identifier

    cve.org
  • FIRST EPSSExploitation probabilityCVE-2016-1019

    30-day exploitation probability 22.3%

    first.org
  • NIST NVDVulnerability recordCVE-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 code via unspecified vectors, as exploited in the wild in April 2016.

    nvd.nist.gov
  • VulnCheck KEVConfirmed exploitationCVE-2016-1019

    Adobe Flash Player allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service or possibly execute arbitrary code.

    vulncheck.com

References

Freshness

Last verified in this catalog Oct 17, 2026. Significant claims (KEV, EPSS, CVSS, affected ranges) come from the source rows above — open the original publisher for the authoritative advisory.