CVE-2008-5363
MEDIUM · CVSS 4.3EPSS 3.7%EU EUVD
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.
Key facts
- CVSS score
- 4.3 (v2.0)
- Severity
- MEDIUM
- CVSS vector
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P- Weakness (CWE)
- CWE-399
- EPSS score
- 3.7% (90th percentile)
- In CISA KEV
- No
- In EU EUVD
- Yes (EUVD-2008-5340)
- 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-2008-5340 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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