CVE-2008-5362

Summary

CVECVE-2008-5362
StatePUBLISHED
Assignermitre
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2008-12-08 11:30:06 UTC
Updated2026-04-23 00:35:47 UTC
DescriptionThe DefineConstantPool action in 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, accepts an untrusted input value for a "constant count," which allows remote attackers to read sensitive data from process memory via a crafted PDF file.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v2.0 4.3 from [email protected]

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

Problem Types: CWE-20 | n/a

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

Access Vector
Network
Access Complexity
Medium
Authentication
None
Confidentiality
Partial
Integrity
None
Availability
None

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Adobe Air All All All All
Application Adobe Flash Player All All All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

SourceVendorProductVersionPlatforms
CNA Na N/a affected n/a Not specified

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
Adobe - Security Advisories : APSB08-22 - Additional disclosure of security vulnerabilities fixed in Flash Player 10.0.12.36 and Flash Player 9.0.151.0 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.adobe.com Patch, Vendor Advisory
Gentoo Linux Documentation -- Adobe Flash Player: Multiple vulnerabilities af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 security.gentoo.org Third Party Advisory
CXSecurity - IDS af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 securityreason.com Third Party Advisory
About Secunia Research | Flexera af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com Third Party Advisory
SecurityFocus af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
www.isecpartners.com/advisories/2008-01-flash.txt af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.isecpartners.com Third Party Advisory
ASA-2009-020 (SUN 248586) af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 support.avaya.com Third Party Advisory
Gentoo update for netscape-flash - Secunia Advisories - Vulnerability Information - Secunia.com af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com Third Party Advisory
sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 sunsolve.sun.com Broken Link
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

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