# CVE-2016-1019: Adobe Flash Player 21.0.0.197 and earlier allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) or possibly execute arbit

- Severity: CVSS 7.8 (High), CISA-ADP
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=active, automatable=no, technicalImpact=total
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): yes, added 2022-03-03, remediation due 2022-03-24
- Published: 2016-04-07 · Updated: 2026-10-01

## Summary

Adobe Flash Player, a browser plug-in used to display multimedia content, is affected. Remote attackers could exploit it to crash the application or possibly run malicious code on the user's computer.

Model-written summary (anthropic/claude-haiku-5.5). Verify details against the original sources.

## Affected

No affected packages have been listed by the sources.

## 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.

## What to do

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## References

- https://www.fireeye.com/blog/threat-research/2016/04/cve-2016-1019_a_new.html
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201606-08
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-04/msg00012.html
- https://helpx.adobe.com/security/products/flash-player/apsa16-01.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-04/msg00010.html
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1035491
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-05/msg00044.html
- http://blogs.adobe.com/psirt/?p=1330
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-04/msg00009.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-05/msg00045.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-04/msg00055.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-0610.html
- https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2016/ms16-050
- https://helpx.adobe.com/security/products/flash-player/apsb16-10.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/85856

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