# CVE-2008-5361: Information disclosure in n/a

> Remote attackers can read sensitive process memory via crafted PDF files exploiting a size verification flaw in the ActionScript 2 virtual machine.

- **Severity:** Medium 4.3 (`AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Not needed
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** A user has to click or open something
- **Fix available:** Yes
- **Published:** 8 Dec 2008
- **Updated:** 7 Aug 2024
- **Also known as:** GHSA-7p7w-xh5j-rhf6

## What is CVE-2008-5361?

CVE-2008-5361 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Adobe Air, published on 8 Dec 2008. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.

### Official 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.

Weakness: CWE-399

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2008-5361?

It affects 2 products.


Products: Adobe Air, Adobe Flash Player.

## How do I fix CVE-2008-5361?

Upgrade to a fixed version.

## Is CVE-2008-5361 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2008-5361 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in Adobe Air

- [CVE-2016-1010](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2016-1010/): Adobe Flash Player and AIR Integer Overflow (high 8.8, exploited in the wild)
- [CVE-2015-8651](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2015-8651/): Adobe Flash Player Integer Overflow (high 8.8, exploited in the wild)
- [CVE-2014-8439](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2014-8439/): Adobe Flash Player Dereferenced Pointer (high 8.8, exploited in the wild)
- [CVE-2012-2034](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2012-2034/): Adobe Flash Player Memory Corruption (high 7.5, exploited in the wild)
- [CVE-2015-8459](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2015-8459/): Memory corruption in n/a (critical 10.0)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2008-5361 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2008-5361 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Adobe Air, published on 8 Dec 2008. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2008-5361 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: Adobe Air. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.

Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.

Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2008-5361/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2008-5361/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2008-5361
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2008-5361
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2008-5361

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