CVE-2008-4546 EXPLOIT
4.3
MEDIUM · CVSS 2.0 · EPSS 16.8% (pctl 97)
Patch early
A public exploit exists.
Description
Adobe Flash Player before 9.0.277.0 and 10.x before 10.1.53.64, and Adobe AIR before 2.0.2.12610, allows remote web servers to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and browser crash) by returning a different response when an HTTP request is sent a second time, as demonstrated by two responses that provide SWF files with different SWF version numbers.
Scoring
| CVSS | 4.3 (MEDIUM, v2.0) |
|---|---|
| Vector | AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P |
| EPSS | 16.77% — more likely to be exploited than 97% of all CVEs |
| Weakness | CWE-399 |
| On CISA KEV | no |
| Public exploit | yes |
| Published | 2008-10-14 |
| Last modified | 2026-06-16 |
Affected (1)
| Vendor | Product |
|---|---|
| adobe | flash player |
Public exploits
| Source | Title | Date |
|---|---|---|
| exploit-db | Adobe Flash Player 9/10 - SWF Version Null Pointer Dereference Denial of Service | 2008-10-02 |
References
- http://itrc.hp.com/service/cki/docDisplay.do?docId=emr_na-c02273751
- http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2010//Nov/msg00000.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-11/msg00001.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2010-06/msg00000.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2010-06/msg00001.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/32759
- http://secunia.com/advisories/40545
- http://secunia.com/advisories/43026
- http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201101-09.xml
- http://securityreason.com/securityalert/4401
- http://securitytracker.com/id?1024085
- http://securitytracker.com/id?1024086
- http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4435
- http://www.adobe.com/support/security/bulletins/apsb10-14.html
- http://www.mochimedia.com/~matthew/flashcrash/
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2010-0464.html
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2010-0470.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/496929/100/0/threaded
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/31537
- http://www.turbolinux.co.jp/security/2010/TLSA-2010-19j.txt
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