CVE-2008-5363

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Summary

CVECVE-2008-5363
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 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.

Risk And Classification

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

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

Problem Types: CWE-399 | n/a

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

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

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

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
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NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

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