UBUNTU-CVE-2018-20179

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    UBUNTU-CVE-2018-20179

    Published: 15 Mar 2019Last Modified: 24 Oct 2025
    Upstream:
    CVE-2018-20179

    Summary:

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

    References: https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2018-20179, https://github.com/rdesktop/rdesktop/commit/766ebcf6f23ccfe8323ac10242ae6e127d4505d2, https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2018-20179

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: rdesktop

    Purl: pkg:deb/ubuntu/[email protected]?arch=source&distro=xenial

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -None

    Affected versions

    1.8.3-1

    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