CVE-2018-8797
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.
- Score
- CVSS 3.1 9.8 Critical
- Status
- Modified - cve@checkpoint.com
- Published
- 2019-02-05
- Last modified
- 2024-09-16
- Weaknesses
- CWE-122, CWE-787
Affected products
- Rdesktop (Check Point Software Technologies Ltd.)
- Debian Linux (Debian)
- Leap (Opensuse)
- Rdesktop (Rdesktop)
References
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-09/msg00040.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/106938
- https://github.com/rdesktop/rdesktop/commit/4dca546d04321a610c1835010b5dad85163b65e1
- 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
