CVE-2008-5363 (GCVE-0-2008-5363)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2008-12-08 11:00
Modified
2024-08-07 10:49
Severity ?
CWE
  • n/a
Summary
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.
References
cve@mitre.org http://secunia.com/advisories/33390 Third Party Advisory
cve@mitre.org http://secunia.com/advisories/34226 Third Party Advisory
cve@mitre.org http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200903-23.xml Third Party Advisory
cve@mitre.org http://securityreason.com/securityalert/4692 Third Party Advisory
cve@mitre.org http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-26-248586-1 Broken Link
cve@mitre.org http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2009-020.htm Third Party Advisory
cve@mitre.org http://www.adobe.com/support/security/bulletins/apsb08-22.html Patch, Vendor Advisory
cve@mitre.org http://www.isecpartners.com/advisories/2008-01-flash.txt Third Party Advisory
cve@mitre.org http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/498561/100/0/threaded Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 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
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
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