Vulnerability in Adobe Air Desktop Runtime
CVE-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.
Published · last modified .
CVSS v3 metric
CVSS v3 base score 9.8 (Critical). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.223 (97.7th percentile), scored .
Moderate probability of exploitation in the next 30 days — watch for active exploitation reports. 98th percentile — 97.7% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.223 · newest: 0.223 · change: 0.000
Affected products
CISA KEV (Known Exploited Vulnerabilities)
This CVE is on the CISA KEV catalog, added on . CISA KEV inclusion means CISA has confirmed in-the-wild exploitation; US federal agencies are required to remediate within a published due date.
BOD 22-01 due date: .
Required action: The impacted product is end-of-life and should be disconnected if still in use.
Known ransomware campaign use: yes.
Public proof-of-concept exploits
References
- www.fireeye.com/blog/threat-research/2016/04/cve-2016-1019_a_new.html (Broken Link)
- security.gentoo.org/glsa/201606-08 (vendor-advisory, Third Party Advisory)
- lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-04/msg00012.html (vendor-advisory, Broken Link)
- helpx.adobe.com/security/products/flash-player/apsa16-01.html (Vendor Advisory)
- lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-04/msg00010.html (vendor-advisory, Broken Link)
- www.securitytracker.com/id/1035491 (VDB Entry, Third Party Advisory, vdb-entry, Broken Link)
- lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-05/msg00044.html (vendor-advisory, Broken Link)
- blogs.adobe.com/psirt/ (Broken Link, Vendor Advisory)
- lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-04/msg00009.html (vendor-advisory, Broken Link)
- lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-05/msg00045.html (vendor-advisory, Broken Link)
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2016-1019?
- CVE-2016-1019 is a critical-severity vulnerability in Adobe Air Desktop Runtime. CVSS score: 9.8/10. Published 2016-04-07.
- How severe is CVE-2016-1019?
- Critical severity. CVSS v3 base score is 9.8 out of 10.
- Is CVE-2016-1019 known to be exploited?
- Yes. CVE-2016-1019 is listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog (added 2022-03-03), indicating it is being actively exploited. 9 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed.