CVE-2008-4546

Public Exploit

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.

Category

4.3
CVSS
Severity: Medium
CVSS 2.0 •
EPSS 22.03% Top 5%
Vendor Advisory redhat.com Vendor Advisory gentoo.org Vendor Advisory apple.com Vendor Advisory opensuse.org Vendor Advisory co.jp Vendor Advisory hp.com Vendor Advisory opensuse.org Vendor Advisory redhat.com Vendor Advisory opensuse.org
Affected: n/a n/a
Published at:
Updated at:

References

Link Tags
http://securityreason.com/securityalert/4401 third party advisory
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0192 vdb entry
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/1421 vdb entry
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4435
http://secunia.com/advisories/40545 third party advisory
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2010-0464.html vendor advisory
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/1793 vdb entry
http://secunia.com/advisories/43026 third party advisory
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/1432 vdb entry
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201101-09.xml vendor advisory
http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA10-162A.html third party advisory us government resource
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A7187 vdb entry signature
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2010//Nov/msg00000.html vendor advisory
http://securitytracker.com/id?1024085 vdb entry
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2010-06/msg00001.html vendor advisory
http://securitytracker.com/id?1024086 vdb entry
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/496929/100/0/threaded mailing list
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/1434 vdb entry
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/45630 vdb entry
http://www.turbolinux.co.jp/security/2010/TLSA-2010-19j.txt vendor advisory
http://www.mochimedia.com/~matthew/flashcrash/ exploit
http://itrc.hp.com/service/cki/docDisplay.do?docId=emr_na-c02273751 vendor advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2010-06/msg00000.html vendor advisory
http://www.adobe.com/support/security/bulletins/apsb10-14.html
http://secunia.com/advisories/32759 third party advisory
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2010-0470.html vendor advisory
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/1482 vdb entry
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A16302 vdb entry signature
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/1522 vdb entry
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/31537 vdb entry
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-11/msg00001.html vendor advisory
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/1453 vdb entry

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2008-4546?
CVE-2008-4546 has been scored as a medium severity vulnerability.
How to fix CVE-2008-4546?
To fix CVE-2008-4546, make sure you are using an up-to-date version of the affected component(s) by checking the vendor release notes. As for now, there are no other specific guidelines available.
Is CVE-2008-4546 being actively exploited in the wild?
It is possible that CVE-2008-4546 is being exploited or will be exploited in a near future based on public information. According to its EPSS score, there is a ~22% probability that this vulnerability will be exploited by malicious actors in the next 30 days.
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