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Actively exploited · Published Apr 7, 2016 · Assigned by adobe

CVE-2016-1019

High 7.8 Exploited Ransomware

In plain English

A high-severity security flaw in Flash Player from Adobe. Attackers are actively exploiting it in the wild (listed by CISA on March 3, 2022). It has been used in ransomware campaigns. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 22.3% (higher than 98% of all known vulnerabilities). The impacted product is end-of-life and should be disconnected if still in use.

Severity (CVSS 3.1)7.8High
Exploit odds (30 days)22.3%top 2.3% of all CVEs
Exploited in the wildYesCISA KEV since Mar 3, 2022
Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known

CISA guidance

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

Federal agencies must remediate by Mar 24, 2022.

Official 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.

Affected products (as reported)

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