CVE-2008-5362

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.

CVSS v2.0 4.3 MEDIUM

4.3^/10

CVSS v2.0 : MEDIUM

Vector : AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

Exploitability : 8.6 / Impact : 2.9

Access Vector NETWORK

Access Complexity MEDIUM

Authentication NONE

Confidentiality Impact PARTIAL

Integrity Impact NONE

Availability Impact NONE

References

Link	Resource
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
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

Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

OR	cpe:2.3:a:adobe:air::::::::
	cpe:2.3:a:adobe:flash_player::::::::
	cpe:2.3:a:adobe:flash_player::::::::

History

No history.

Information

Published : 2008-12-08 11:30

Updated : 2025-04-09 00:30

NVD link : CVE-2008-5362

Mitre link : CVE-2008-5362

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2008-5362

JSON object : View

Products Affected

adobe

flash_player
air

CWE

CWE-20

Improper Input Validation

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