CVE-2008-5363 (GCVE-0-2008-5363)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2008-12-08 11:00 – Updated: 2024-08-07 10:49
VLAI?
Summary
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.
Severity ?
No CVSS data available.
CWE
  • n/a
Assigner
References
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/498561/100… mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQ
http://secunia.com/advisories/33390 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
http://www.isecpartners.com/advisories/2008-01-fl… x_refsource_MISC
http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2… x_refsource_CONFIRM
http://www.adobe.com/support/security/bulletins/a… x_refsource_MISC
http://secunia.com/advisories/34226 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
http://securityreason.com/securityalert/4692 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SREASON
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200903-23.xml vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOO
http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetk… vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUNALERT
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