Is CVE-2016-1019 actively exploited?

CVE-2016-1019 has no public evidence of in-the-wild exploitation as of 2025-11-17.

What is the CVSS score for CVE-2016-1019?

CVE-2016-1019 has a CVSS score of 9.8 (CRITICAL severity). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

How do I patch CVE-2016-1019?

Patch guidance is available from adobe security advisories. CVEDatabase generates AI-assisted remediation guidance on demand for CVE-2016-1019.

Fix CVE-2016-1019 - CRITICAL

Q: Which products are affected by CVE-2016-1019?

9 products: adobe flash player desktop runtime, adobe flash player, adobe flash player, adobe flash player, adobe flash player, and 4 more.

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.

CVSS Metrics

Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Attack Vector: network
Complexity: low
Privileges: none
User Action: none
Scope: unchanged
Confidentiality: high
Integrity: high
Availability: high
Weaknesses: NVD-CWE-noinfo

Metadata

Primary Vendor: ADOBE
Published: 4/7/2016
Last Modified: 11/17/2025
Source: NIST NVD
Note: Verify all details with official vendor sources before applying patches.

Affected Products

adobe : flash_player_desktop_runtimeadobe : flash_playeradobe : flash_playeradobe : flash_playeradobe : flash_playeradobe : flash_playeradobe : air_desktop_runtimeadobe : air_sdkadobe : air_sdk_\&_compiler

Remediation Guidance

Executive Summary

View on NIST NVD