CVE-2008-5361
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 verify a member element's size when performing (1) DefineConstantPool, (2) ActionJump, (3) ActionPush, (4) ActionTry, and unspecified other actions, which allows remote attackers to read sensitive data from process memory via a crafted PDF file.
Key facts
- CVSS score
- 4.3 (v2.0)
- Severity
- MEDIUM
- CVSS vector
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N- Weakness (CWE)
- CWE-399
- EPSS score
- 3.8% (90th percentile)
- In CISA KEV
- No
- In EU EUVD
- Yes (EUVD-2008-5338)
- Published
- December 8, 2008
- NVD last modified
- June 16, 2026
- Status
- Modified
EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)
This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2008-5338 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 7, 2024.
View on the EU Vulnerability DatabaseAffected products
- adobe / air
- adobe / flash player
References
- http://secunia.com/advisories/33390(Third Party Advisory)
- http://secunia.com/advisories/34226(Third Party Advisory)
- http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200903-23.xml(Third Party Advisory)
- http://securityreason.com/securityalert/4692(Third Party Advisory)
- http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-26-248586-1(Broken Link)
- http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2009-020.htm(Third Party Advisory)
- http://www.adobe.com/support/security/bulletins/apsb08-22.html(Patch, Vendor Advisory)
- http://www.isecpartners.com/advisories/2008-01-flash.txt(Third Party Advisory)
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/498561/100/0/threaded(Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry)
Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS
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