CVE-2008-5361: adobe air Resource Management Errors
Vulnerability summary
CVE-2008-5361 is a medium (CVSS 4.3) Resource Management Errors vulnerability in adobe air. EPSS estimates a 3.80% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 89.8% of scored vulnerabilities.
Advisory lineage
Upstream 0 · Downstream 2Timeline
- 08-12-2008PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
- 07-08-2024Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.
Description
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.
CVSS metrics
1 score · 1 source · 1 versionEPSS trend
Probability
3.80%
Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days
Percentile
90%
Versus all other CVEs
30-day change
0.00 pp
From 3.80% on 20-09-2026
Known exploited
Compare KEV catalogsNot in any of the 3 tracked catalogs.
Public exploits
0 foundNo public exploits indexed.
Weaknesses
CWE · root causeAffected systems
Adobe2 products
- air< 1.5
- flash_player≥ 9.0.16.0, < 9.0.151.0 | ≥ 10, < 10.0.12.36
1 vendor · 2 products
References
9 links- www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/498561/100/0/threadedMailing ListX Refsource BUGTRAQThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
- sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-26-248586-1Vendor AdvisoryX Refsource SUNALERTBroken Link