CVE-2018-8797

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    CVE-2018-8797

    Published: 5 Feb 2019Last Modified: 8 Jul 2026

    Summary:

    Details: rdesktop versions up to and including v1.8.3 contain a Heap-Based Buffer Overflow in function process_plane() that results in a memory corruption and probably even a remote code execution.

    References: http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-09/msg00040.html, http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/106938, https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/02/msg00030.html, https://research.checkpoint.com/reverse-rdp-attack-code-execution-on-rdp-clients/, https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201903-06, https://www.debian.org/security/2019/dsa-4394, https://github.com/rdesktop/rdesktop/commit/4dca546d04321a610c1835010b5dad85163b65e1

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name:

    Purl:

    Affected ranges

    Type: GIT

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -None

    Affected versions

    v1.8.3
    v1.8.2
    v1.8.1
    v1.8.0

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High