CVEvulnerability
CVE-2018-8800
9.8 CRITICAL
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- Status
- Modified
- Published
- 2019-02-05
- Last modified
- 2026-06-17
- Assigner
- [email protected]
- CVSS 3.1 ([email protected])
- 9.8 CRITICAL — CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
- 7.5 HIGH — AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
- Weaknesses
- CWE-122, CWE-787
Description
rdesktop versions up to and including v1.8.3 contain a Heap-Based Buffer Overflow in function ui_clip_handle_data() that results in a memory corruption and probably even a remote code execution.
Affected configurations
• rdesktop rdesktop (<= 1.8.3)
• debian debian linux 8.0
• debian debian linux 9.0
• opensuse leap 15.1
Related
References
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-09/msg00040.html Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/106938 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://github.com/rdesktop/rdesktop/commit/4dca546d04321a610c1835010b5dad85163b65e1 Patch, Third Party Advisory
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/02/msg00030.html Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- https://research.checkpoint.com/reverse-rdp-attack-code-execution-on-rdp-clients/ Third Party Advisory
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201903-06 Third Party Advisory
- https://www.debian.org/security/2019/dsa-4394 Third Party Advisory
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-09/msg00040.html Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/106938 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://github.com/rdesktop/rdesktop/commit/4dca546d04321a610c1835010b5dad85163b65e1 Patch, Third Party Advisory
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/02/msg00030.html Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- https://research.checkpoint.com/reverse-rdp-attack-code-execution-on-rdp-clients/ Third Party Advisory
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201903-06 Third Party Advisory
- https://www.debian.org/security/2019/dsa-4394 Third Party Advisory