{"id":"CVE-2016-1019","url":"https://www.cyber-defence.io/tools/cve/CVE-2016-1019","generatedAt":"2026-10-27T17:43:13.616Z","title":"Adobe Flash Player Arbitrary Code Execution Vulnerability","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.","published":"2016-04-07T10:59:01.000Z","lastModified":"2026-10-01T20:17:16.000Z","status":"Analyzed","sourceIdentifier":"psirt@adobe.com","cvss":{"version":"3.1","score":9.8,"severity":"CRITICAL","vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H"},"cwe":[],"affected":["adobe/flash player desktop runtime","adobe/flash player","adobe/air desktop runtime","adobe/air sdk","adobe/air sdk \\& compiler"],"epss":{"score":0.22316,"percentile":0.97669,"date":"2026-10-26","history":[]},"kev":{"listed":true,"dateAdded":"2022-03-03","dueDate":"2022-03-24","knownRansomwareCampaignUse":"Known","notes":"The impacted product is end-of-life and should be disconnected if still in use.\nhttps://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-1019"},"exploits":{"count":0,"verified":false,"firstPublished":null,"source":"Exploit-DB (https://gitlab.com/exploit-database/exploitdb)","entries":[]},"verdict":{"level":"urgent","text":"Known to be exploited in the wild (CISA KEV, CISA remediation deadline 24 March 2022). 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