CVE-2016-1019

Exploitation

Exploited in the wild. Listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog on 2022-03-03. Federal remediation due 2022-03-24.

SSVC decision

• ExploitationactiveCISA reports credible evidence of active exploitation.
• AutomatableyesAn attacker can reliably automate reconnaissance through exploitation, so this scales.
• Technical ImpacttotalSuccessful exploitation gives total control of the vulnerable component.

CISA publishes the decision points, not a final SSVC decision. The decision also depends on mission and well-being impact, which is a property of your deployment rather than of the vulnerability.

EPSS probability

22.49% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.

EPSS percentile

Ranks above 97.5% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.

NVD base score

9.8 (CVSS v3.x), scored by the NVD independently of the CNA.

NVD CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

NVD analysis status

Analyzed. NVD last modified this record on 2026-08-14.

Red Hat severity

Critical. Red Hat's rating for its own products, not a CVSS rating.

Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.

Published

2016-04-07 10:00Z10 YR AGO

Last updated

2026-08-14 03:55Z21 DAYS AGO

Reserved

2015-12-22

Assigning CNA

adobe

Record state

PUBLISHED

Severity

High (CVSS 7.8)

CNA CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Weaknesses

No CWE assigned

Data version

5.2

Document digest

4e69d8a74003eda4c54b0785e46ea8a5f0a75fea33e2a5be1978e7440a9999c4

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• security.gentoo.orgGLSA-201606-08https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201606-08vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOO
• lists.opensuse.orgopenSUSE-SU-2016:0997http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-04/msg00012.htmlvendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSE
• helpx.adobe.comhttps://helpx.adobe.com/security/products/flash-player/apsa16-01.htmlx_refsource_CONFIRM
• lists.opensuse.orgSUSE-SU-2016:0990http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-04/msg00010.htmlvendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSE
• www.securitytracker.com1035491http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1035491vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACK
• lists.opensuse.orgSUSE-SU-2016:1305http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-05/msg00044.htmlvendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSE
• blogs.adobe.comhttp://blogs.adobe.com/psirt/?p=1330x_refsource_CONFIRM
• lists.opensuse.orgopenSUSE-SU-2016:0987http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-04/msg00009.htmlvendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSE
• lists.opensuse.orgopenSUSE-SU-2016:1306http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-05/msg00045.htmlvendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSE
• lists.opensuse.orgopenSUSE-SU-2016:1157http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-04/msg00055.htmlvendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSE
• rhn.redhat.comRHSA-2016:0610http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-0610.htmlvendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT
• docs.microsoft.comMS16-050https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2016/ms16-050vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MS
• helpx.adobe.comhttps://helpx.adobe.com/security/products/flash-player/apsb16-10.htmlx_refsource_CONFIRM
• www.securityfocus.com85856http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/85856vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
• www.cisa.govhttps://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2016-1019government-resource
• github.comhttps://github.com/cisagov/vulnrichment/issues/196issue-tracking