CVE-2018-8794

CRITICAL

rdesktop <1.8.3 - Memory Corruption

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Description

rdesktop versions up to and including v1.8.3 contain an Integer Overflow that leads to an Out-Of-Bounds Write in function process_bitmap_updates() and results in a memory corruption and possibly even a remote code execution.

Scores

CVSS v3 9.8
EPSS 0.0596
EPSS Percentile 90.7%
Attack Vector NETWORK
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Details

CWE
CWE-190 CWE-787 CWE-680
Status published
Products (4)
debian/debian_linux 8.0
debian/debian_linux 9.0
opensuse/leap 15.1
rdesktop/rdesktop < 1.8.3
Published Feb 05, 2019
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026