CVE-2008-5363
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…
- 4.3MediumCVSS base score
- 3.7%Exploitation in 30 daysEPSS · top 10% of all CVEs
- NoKnown exploitednot in CISA's KEV catalog
- NonePublic exploitsnone known yet
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.
Timeline
ID reserved
By mitre
- 1 day later
· 1 day later
Published
- 16 years later
· 16 years later
Record updated
Changes after publication (a new score, a public exploit, EPSS crossing 1, 10 or 50 %, leaving KEV) are kept since November 2026; earlier ones are not known.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | Medium4.3 | AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 3.7% · top 10% of all CVEs (10 Nov 2026)
The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 4.3.
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References
9
- 20081122 Adobe Flash Multiple Vulnerabilities (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
- 33390 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- http://www.isecpartners.com/advisories/2008-01-flash.txt (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2009-020.htm (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- http://www.adobe.com/support/security/bulletins/apsb08-22.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- 34226 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- 4692 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SREASONx_transferred
- GLSA-200903-23 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOOx_transferred
- 248586 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUNALERTx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- EUVD EUVD-2008-5340 (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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[](https://cveledger.app/cve/CVE-2008-5363)Record last updated .