CVE-2008-4546

N/A Unknown
Published: October 14, 2008 Modified: April 23, 2026
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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.

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References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

Patch Vendor Advisory Exploit Third Party Advisory
http://itrc.hp.com/service/cki/docDisplay.do?docId=emr_na-c02273751
Source: cve@mitre.org
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2010//Nov/msg00000.html
Source: cve@mitre.org
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-11/msg00001.html
Source: cve@mitre.org
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2010-06/msg00000.html
Source: cve@mitre.org
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2010-06/msg00001.html
Source: cve@mitre.org
http://secunia.com/advisories/32759
Source: cve@mitre.org
http://secunia.com/advisories/40545
Source: cve@mitre.org
http://secunia.com/advisories/43026
Source: cve@mitre.org
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201101-09.xml
Source: cve@mitre.org
http://securityreason.com/securityalert/4401
Source: cve@mitre.org
http://securitytracker.com/id?1024085
Source: cve@mitre.org
http://securitytracker.com/id?1024086
Source: cve@mitre.org
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4435
Source: cve@mitre.org
http://www.adobe.com/support/security/bulletins/apsb10-14.html
Source: cve@mitre.org
http://www.mochimedia.com/~matthew/flashcrash/
Source: cve@mitre.org
Exploit
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2010-0464.html
Source: cve@mitre.org
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2010-0470.html
Source: cve@mitre.org
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/496929/100/0/threaded
Source: cve@mitre.org
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/31537
Source: cve@mitre.org
http://www.turbolinux.co.jp/security/2010/TLSA-2010-19j.txt
Source: cve@mitre.org
http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA10-162A.html
Source: cve@mitre.org
US Government Resource
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/1421
Source: cve@mitre.org
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/1432
Source: cve@mitre.org
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/1434
Source: cve@mitre.org
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/1453
Source: cve@mitre.org
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/1482
Source: cve@mitre.org
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/1522
Source: cve@mitre.org
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/1793
Source: cve@mitre.org
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0192
Source: cve@mitre.org
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/45630
Source: cve@mitre.org
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A16302
Source: cve@mitre.org
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A7187
Source: cve@mitre.org
http://itrc.hp.com/service/cki/docDisplay.do?docId=emr_na-c02273751
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2010//Nov/msg00000.html
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-11/msg00001.html
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2010-06/msg00000.html
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2010-06/msg00001.html
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://secunia.com/advisories/32759
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://secunia.com/advisories/40545
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://secunia.com/advisories/43026
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201101-09.xml
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://securityreason.com/securityalert/4401
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://securitytracker.com/id?1024085
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://securitytracker.com/id?1024086
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4435
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://www.adobe.com/support/security/bulletins/apsb10-14.html
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://www.mochimedia.com/~matthew/flashcrash/
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Exploit
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2010-0464.html
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2010-0470.html
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/496929/100/0/threaded
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/31537
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://www.turbolinux.co.jp/security/2010/TLSA-2010-19j.txt
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA10-162A.html
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
US Government Resource
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/1421
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/1432
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/1434
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/1453
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/1482
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/1522
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/1793
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0192
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/45630
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A16302
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A7187
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

64 reference(s) from NVD

Quick Stats

CVSS v3 Score
N/A / 10.0
EPSS (Exploit Probability)
35.5%
97th percentile
Exploitation Status
Not in CISA KEV

Weaknesses (CWE)

CWE-399

Affected Vendors

adobe

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