CVEvulnerability
CVE-2008-5363
4.3 MEDIUM
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- Status
- Modified
- Published
- 2008-12-08
- Last modified
- 2026-06-16
- Assigner
- [email protected]
- CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
- 4.3 MEDIUM — AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
- Weaknesses
- CWE-399
Description
The ActionScript 2 virtual machine in Adobe Flash Player 10.x before 10.0.12.36 and 9.x before 9.0.151.0, and Adobe AIR before 1.5, does not validate character elements during retrieval from the dictionary data structure, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and application crash) via a crafted PDF file.
Affected configurations
• adobe air (< 1.5)
• adobe flash player (>= 9.0.16.0 < 9.0.151.0)
• adobe flash player (>= 10 < 10.0.12.36)
Related
Weakness · not in database (1)
References
- http://secunia.com/advisories/33390 Third Party Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/34226 Third Party Advisory
- http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200903-23.xml Third Party Advisory
- http://securityreason.com/securityalert/4692 Third Party Advisory
- http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-26-248586-1 Broken Link
- http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2009-020.htm Third Party Advisory
- http://www.adobe.com/support/security/bulletins/apsb08-22.html Patch, Vendor Advisory
- http://www.isecpartners.com/advisories/2008-01-flash.txt Third Party Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/498561/100/0/threaded Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://secunia.com/advisories/33390 Third Party Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/34226 Third Party Advisory
- http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200903-23.xml Third Party Advisory
- http://securityreason.com/securityalert/4692 Third Party Advisory
- http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-26-248586-1 Broken Link
- http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2009-020.htm Third Party Advisory
- http://www.adobe.com/support/security/bulletins/apsb08-22.html Patch, Vendor Advisory
- http://www.isecpartners.com/advisories/2008-01-flash.txt Third Party Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/498561/100/0/threaded Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry