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Security update for Adobe AIR (CVE-2008-5361)

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Security update for Adobe AIR (CVE-2008-5361)

Severity
4
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N)
Published
12/08/2008
Created
07/25/2018
Added
06/19/2012
Modified
10/08/2015

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.

Solution(s)

  • adobe-air-upgrade-latest

References

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