CVE-2008-5363: adobe air Resource Management Errors
Vulnerability summary
CVE-2008-5363 is a medium (CVSS 4.3) Resource Management Errors vulnerability in adobe air. EPSS estimates a 3.72% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 89.6% 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 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.
CVSS metrics
1 score · 1 source · 1 versionEPSS trend
Probability
3.72%
Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days
Percentile
90%
Versus all other CVEs
30-day change
0.00 pp
From 3.72% 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