Description
Integer overflow in Adobe Flash Player 9.0.115.0 and earlier, and 8.0.39.0 and earlier, allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted SWF file with a negative Scene Count value, which passes a signed comparison, is used as an offset of a NULL pointer, and triggers a buffer overflow.
Fixed in Linux distributions
Distributions backport fixes, so the version that fixes this vulnerability differs per release — upgrade to at least the version shown. From the distributions' security trackers and advisories.
Red Hat
Security tracker ↗| Release | Package | Fixed in | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| RHEL 5 | flash-plugin | 9.0.124.0-1.el5 | RHSA-2008:0221 |
| RHEL 4 | flash-plugin | 9.0.124.0-1.el4 | RHSA-2008:0221 |
| RHEL 3 | flash-plugin | 9.0.124.0-1.el3.with.oss | RHSA-2008:0221 |
Advisories 1
- RHSA-2008:0221 Red Hat Security Advisory: flash-plugin security update Red Hat Security Advisories (RHSA) · Jun 29, 2026
References
- 1020114 vdb-entry
- 29865 third-party-advisory
- http://documents.iss.net/whitepapers/IBM_X-Force_WP_final.pdf
- 30507 third-party-advisory
- 29386 vdb-entry
- TA08-149A third-party-advisory
- http://www.adobe.com/support/security/bulletins/apsb08-11.html
- ADV-2008-1724 vdb-entry
- http://www.matasano.com/log/1032/this-new-vulnerability-dowds-inhuman-flash-exploit/
- http://blogs.adobe.com/psirt/2008/05/potential_flash_player_issue.html
- RHSA-2008:0221 vendor-advisory
- TA08-150A third-party-advisory
- oval:org.mitre.oval:def:10379 vdb-entry signature
- http://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-08-032/
- ADV-2008-1662 vdb-entry
- 44282 vdb-entry
- http://isc.sans.org/diary.html?storyid=4465
- 30430 third-party-advisory
- APPLE-SA-2008-05-28 vendor-advisory
- SUSE-SA:2008:022 vendor-advisory
- 28695 vdb-entry
- 29763 third-party-advisory
- 1019811 vdb-entry
- 238305 vendor-advisory
- GLSA-200804-21 vendor-advisory
- multimedia-file-integer-overflow(37277) vdb-entry
- ADV-2008-1697 vdb-entry
- VU#159523 third-party-advisory
- TA08-100A third-party-advisory
- VU#395473 third-party-advisory
- 20080408 Adobe Flash Player Invalid Pointer Vulnerability third-party-advisory
- 30404 third-party-advisory