Adobe Flash Player SWF Version Null Pointer Dereference Denial of Service Vulnerability
Severity: MEDIUM
CVE Identifier: CVE-2008-4546
Advisory Date: JUL 21, 2015
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.
TREND MICRO PROTECTION INFORMATION
- 1002948 - Adobe Flash Player SWF Version Null Pointer Dereference Denial Of Service
SOLUTION
Trend Micro Deep Security DPI Rule Number: 1002948
Trend Micro Deep Security DPI Rule Name: 1002948 - Adobe Flash Player SWF Version Null Pointer Dereference Denial Of Service
AFFECTED SOFTWARE AND VERSION
- adobe flash_player 10.0.12.10
- adobe flash_player 9.0.112.0
- adobe flash_player 9.0.115.0
- adobe flash_player 9.0.45.0
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