CVE-2008-4546: adobe flash_player Resource Management Errors
Vulnerability summary
CVE-2008-4546 is a medium (CVSS 4.3) Resource Management Errors vulnerability in adobe flash_player. EPSS estimates a 65.87% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 99.2% of scored vulnerabilities. 2 public exploits are recorded.
Advisory lineage
Upstream 0 · Downstream 2Timeline
- 14-10-2008PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
- 07-08-2024Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.
Description
Adobe Flash Player before 9.0.277.0 and 10.x before 10.1.53.64, and Adobe AIR before 2.0.2.12610, allows remote web servers to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and browser crash) by returning a different response when an HTTP request is sent a second time, as demonstrated by two responses that provide SWF files with different SWF version numbers.
CVSS metrics
1 score · 1 source · 1 versionEPSS trend
Probability
65.87%
Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days
Percentile
99%
Versus all other CVEs
30-day change
+49.10 pp
From 16.77% on 19-09-2026
Known exploited
Compare KEV catalogsNot in any of the 3 tracked catalogs.
Public exploits
2 foundExploit Reference (mochimedia.com)
Maturity: unknown
Adobe Flash Player 9/10 - SWF Version Null Pointer Dereference Denial of Service
Maturity: poc
Weaknesses
CWE · root causeAffected systems
Adobe1 product
- flash_player9.0.45.0 | 9.0.112.0 | 9.0.115.0 | 10.0.12.10
1 vendor · 1 product
References
32 links- support.apple.com/kb/HT4435X Refsource CONFIRM
Show all 32 references
- www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA10-162A.htmlThird Party AdvisoryX Refsource CERTUS Government Resource
- oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A7187VDB EntrySignatureX Refsource OVAL
- www.adobe.com/support/security/bulletins/apsb10-14.htmlX Refsource CONFIRM
- oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A16302VDB EntrySignatureX Refsource OVAL