Check Point Advisories

Adobe Flash Player Denial of Service (CVE-2016-1019)

Check Point Reference: CPAI-2016-0264
Date Published: 6 Apr 2016
Severity: Critical
Last Updated: Wednesday 08 November, 2023
Source: Adobe APSA16-01
Industry Reference:CVE-2016-1019
Protection Provided by:

Security Gateway
R81, R80, R77, R75
Who is Vulnerable? Adobe Flash Player Desktop Runtime 21.0.0.197 and prior

Adobe Flash Player Chrome 21.0.0.197 and prior

Adobe Flash Player Edge or Internet Explorer 21.0.0.197 and prior

Adobe Flash Player for Linux 11.2.202.577 and prior

Adobe air sdk 21.0.0.176 and prior
Vulnerability Description A denial-of-service vulnerability exists in Adobe Flash Player . Successful exploitation of this vulnerability would allow a remote attacker to create a denial of service condition on the affected system.

Protection Overview

This protection detects attempts to exploit this vulnerability.

In order for the protection to be activated, update your Security Gateway product to the latest IPS update. For information on how to update IPS, go to SBP-2006-05, click on Protection tab and select the version of your choice.

Security Gateway R81 / R80 / R77 / R75

  1. In the IPS tab, click Protections and find the Adobe Flash Player Denial of Service (CVE-2016-1019) protection using the Search tool and Edit the protection's settings.
  2. Install policy on all Security Gateways.

This protection's log will contain the following information:

Attack Name:  Adobe Flash Protection Violation.
Attack Information:  Adobe Flash Player Denial of Service (CVE-2016-1019)

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