CVE-2018-20177
CRITICAL
9.8
CVSS Score
Published: March 15, 2019 at 06:00 PM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 01:52 AM UTC
4 products affected across 3 vendorsDebian LinuxLeapBackports
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Severity
CRITICAL9.8
Exploit prediction
EPSS 8%
Description
rdesktop versions up to and including v1.8.3 contain an Integer Overflow that leads to a Heap-Based Buffer Overflow in the function rdp_in_unistr() and results in memory corruption and possibly even a remote code execution.
Affected
Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.
Remediation
No guide yetNo remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:
References (7)
Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_SUSEMailing ListThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-09/msg00040.htmlVDB Entryx_refsource_BIDBroken LinkThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/106938x_refsource_MISCPatch
Source: [email protected]
https://github.com/rdesktop/rdesktop/commit/4dca546d04321a610c1835010b5dad85163b65e1Mailing Listx_refsource_MLISTThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/02/msg00030.htmlx_refsource_CONFIRMExploitThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://research.checkpoint.com/reverse-rdp-attack-code-execution-on-rdp-clients/Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_GENTOOThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201903-06Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_DEBIANThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://www.debian.org/security/2019/dsa-4394CVSS
- Attack Vector
- NETWORK
- Complexity
- LOW
- Privileges
- NONE
- User Interaction
- NONE
- Scope
- UNCHANGED
- Confidentiality
- HIGH
- Integrity
- HIGH
- Availability
- HIGH
Vector?
Quick Info
StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-190CWE-787
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