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CVE-2019-0612

A security feature bypass vulnerability exists when Click2Play protection in Microsoft Edge improperly handles flash objects.

EXPLOIT ✓MEDIUM 5.3EPSS 10.5%

Does this matter?

EPSS puts the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days at 10.5%, higher than 96% of all known CVEs. Patch or mitigate before the next change window.

Description

A security feature bypass vulnerability exists when Click2Play protection in Microsoft Edge improperly handles flash objects. By itself, this bypass vulnerability does not allow arbitrary code execution, aka 'Microsoft Edge Security Feature Bypass Vulnerability'.

CVSS 3.0
5.3 MEDIUMCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
EPSS
10.51% probability · 96th percentile
Public exploits
1 in Exploit-DB · verified · first 19 March 2019
CISA KEV
Not listed
Affected
microsoft/edge
Source
secure@microsoft.com
EPSS trend
0%8%15%27 October 2026: 10.51%27 October 202627 October 2026

EPSS 10.5% since 27 October 2026; no change recorded yet. The dashed line is the ten per cent mark our analysts treat as “patch before the next change window”. Points are recorded when the score first appears and whenever it moves by a percentage point or more.

Public exploits (1)

Entries in Exploit-DB that cite this CVE. Links go to the Exploit-DB page and to the file in the public repository; nothing is hosted here. A verified tick means the Exploit-DB team confirmed the exploit works against the stated version.

EDB-IDTitleTypePublishedVerified
EDB-46569source ↗Microsoft Edge - Flash click2play Bypass with CObjectElement::FinalCreateObjectwindows · Google Security Researchdos19 March 2019yes

Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA, exploits from Exploit-DB. Refreshed daily. Download this record as JSON.