CVE-2018-8796
N/A
Published: February 5, 2019 at 08:00 PM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 02:05 AM UTC
2 products affected across 2 vendorsDebian LinuxRdesktop
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Severity
N/A
Exploit prediction
EPSS 4%
Description
rdesktop versions up to and including v1.8.3 contain an Out-Of-Bounds Read in function process_bitmap_updates() that results in a Denial of Service (segfault).
Affected
Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.
Debian Linux· Debiandrupal
95%v ≤ 1.8.3
Remediation
No guide yetNo remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:
References (7)
Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_SUSE
Source: [email protected]
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-09/msg00040.htmlVDB Entryx_refsource_BIDThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/106938x_refsource_MISCPatchThird Party Advisory
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_CONFIRMThird 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-4394Quick Info
StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-126CWE-125
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