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CVE-2008-5363

• Severity: medium (CVSS 4.3 v2.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 3.7% 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-399

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.

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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