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CVE-2016-1019 is an Adobe Flash Player flaw that could crash the application or possibly let an attacker run code. It affected Flash Player 21.0.0.197 and earlier and was reported exploited in the wild in April 2016, making any remaining Flash exposure a legacy-risk priority. Exposure is most likely on legacy endpoints, browsers, embedded systems, or packaged Linux/Windows environments that still include Adobe Flash Player or historical Flash browser components. Treat this as a high-priority legacy exposure issue. Flash is end-of-life in most environments, and known exploitation means remaining installations create avoidable business risk. Mitigation focus: Remove or disable Adobe Flash Player wherever it remains installed.; Apply Adobe APSB16-10 or equivalent vendor package updates where removal is not possible.; Check OS vendor advisories for SUSE, Red Hat, Gentoo, and Microsoft-managed Flash channels..
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- High
- CVSS
- 7.8 (3.1)
- Known Exploited
- Yes
- Published
Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
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CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H1.85.9Primary CVE scoreVulnerability scoring details
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7.8HighVector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Source materials
- CVE List V5 sourceCVE List V5
- https://www.fireeye.com/blog/threat-research/2016/04/cve-2016-1019_a_new.htmlCVE reference · x_refsource_MISC
- GLSA-201606-08CVE reference · vendor-advisory, x_refsource_GENTOO
- https://helpx.adobe.com/security/products/flash-player/apsa16-01.htmlCVE reference · x_refsource_CONFIRM
- MS16-050CVE reference · vendor-advisory, x_refsource_MS
- https://helpx.adobe.com/security/products/flash-player/apsb16-10.htmlCVE reference · x_refsource_CONFIRM
- https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2016-1019CVE reference · government-resource
- https://github.com/cisagov/vulnrichment/issues/196CVE reference · issue-tracking
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