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CVE-2008-5362

• Severity: medium (CVSS 4.3 v2.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 3.8% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2008-12-08 · updated 2026-06-16
• Weakness: CWE-20

Description

The 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.

Affected products

• Adobe Air: before 1.5 — fixed in 1.5
• Adobe Flash Player 24.0.0.186 and earlier.: from 9.0.16.0 before 9.0.151.0; from 10 before 10.0.12.36 — fixed in 10.0.12.36, 9.0.151.0

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: Adobe Air 1.5; Adobe Flash Player 24.0.0.186 and earlier. 10.0.12.36, 9.0.151.0. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

• http://secunia.com/advisories/33390
• http://secunia.com/advisories/34226
• 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
• http://secunia.com/advisories/33390
• http://secunia.com/advisories/34226
• http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200903-23.xml

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