CVE-2008-5363 Null dereference in n/a

What is CVE-2008-5363?

CVE-2008-5363 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 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.

Weakness: CWE-399

Which versions are affected by CVE-2008-5363?

It affects 2 products.

Products include Adobe Air, Adobe Flash Player.

How do I fix CVE-2008-5363?

Upgrade to a fixed version.

Is CVE-2008-5363 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2008-5363 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Other vulnerabilities in Adobe Air

• CVE-2016-1010 Adobe Flash Player and AIR Integer Overflow Exploited High 8.8
• CVE-2015-8651 Adobe Flash Player Integer Overflow Exploited High 8.8
• CVE-2014-8439 Adobe Flash Player Dereferenced Pointer Exploited High 8.8
• CVE-2012-2034 Adobe Flash Player Memory Corruption Exploited High 7.5
• CVE-2015-8459 Memory corruption in n/a Critical 10.0

All Adobe Air vulnerabilities

Sources

• CVE record
• NVD
• OSV
• GitHub advisory
• How this page is made

Also known as GHSA-mhh5-jv9p-r925.