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CVE-2008-5363

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.

Published

2008-12-08T11:30:06.097

Last Modified

2025-04-09T00:30:58.490

Status

Deferred

Source

[email protected]

Severity

CVSSv2: 4.3 (MEDIUM)

CVSSv2 Vector

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

Access Vector: NETWORK
Access Complexity: MEDIUM
Authentication: NONE
Confidentiality Impact: NONE
Integrity Impact: NONE
Availability Impact: PARTIAL

Exploitability Score

8.6

Impact Score

2.9

Weaknesses

Type: Primary
CWE-399

Affected Vendors & Products

Type	Vendor	Product	Version/Range	Vulnerable?
Application	adobe	air	< 1.5	Yes
Application	adobe	flash_player	< 9.0.151.0	Yes
Application	adobe	flash_player	< 10.0.12.36	Yes

References

http://secunia.com/advisories/33390 Third Party Advisory ([email protected])
http://secunia.com/advisories/34226 Third Party Advisory ([email protected])
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200903-23.xml Third Party Advisory ([email protected])
http://securityreason.com/securityalert/4692 Third Party Advisory ([email protected])
http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-26-248586-1 Broken Link ([email protected])
http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2009-020.htm Third Party Advisory ([email protected])
http://www.adobe.com/support/security/bulletins/apsb08-22.html Patch, Vendor Advisory ([email protected])
http://www.isecpartners.com/advisories/2008-01-flash.txt Third Party Advisory ([email protected])
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/498561/100/0/threaded Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry ([email protected])
http://secunia.com/advisories/33390 Third Party Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://secunia.com/advisories/34226 Third Party Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200903-23.xml Third Party Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://securityreason.com/securityalert/4692 Third Party Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-26-248586-1 Broken Link (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2009-020.htm Third Party Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.adobe.com/support/security/bulletins/apsb08-22.html Patch, Vendor Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.isecpartners.com/advisories/2008-01-flash.txt Third Party Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/498561/100/0/threaded Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)