Vulnerability CVE-2008-5363
Published: 2008-12-08   Modified: 2012-02-12

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.

See advisories in our WLB2 database:
Topic
Author
Date
Low
Adobe Flash Multiple Vulnerabilities
iSEC Partners
25.11.2008

Type:

CWE-399

 (Resource Management Errors)

CVSS2 => (AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P)

CVSS Base Score
Impact Subscore
Exploitability Subscore
4.3/10
2.9/10
8.6/10
Exploit range
Attack complexity
Authentication
Remote
Medium
No required
Confidentiality impact
Integrity impact
Availability impact
None
None
Partial
Affected software
Adobe -> AIR 
Adobe -> Flash player 

 References:
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200903-23.xml
http://securityreason.com/securityalert/4692
http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-26-248586-1
http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2009-020.htm
http://www.adobe.com/support/security/bulletins/apsb08-22.html
http://www.isecpartners.com/advisories/2008-01-flash.txt
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/498561/100/0/threaded
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