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CVE-2020-9498

MEDIUM
6.7
CVSS Score
Published: July 2, 2020 at 12:32 PM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 03:28 AM UTC
3 products affected across 3 vendorsDebian LinuxFedoraGuacamole

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Severity
MEDIUM6.7
Exploit prediction
EPSS 0.7%

Description

Apache Guacamole 1.1.0 and older may mishandle pointers involved inprocessing data received via RDP static virtual channels. If a userconnects to a malicious or compromised RDP server, a series ofspecially-crafted PDUs could result in memory corruption, possiblyallowing arbitrary code to be executed with the privileges of therunning guacd process.

Affected

Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.

References (9)

x_refsource_CONFIRMThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://kb.pulsesecure.net/articles/Pulse_Security_Advisories/SA44525
Mailing Listx_refsource_MLIST
Source: [email protected]
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r1125f3044a0946d1e7e6f125a6170b58d413ebd4a95157e4608041c7%40%3Cannounce.apache.org%3E
Mailing Listx_refsource_MLIST
Source: [email protected]
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r26fb170edebff842c74aacdb1333c1338f0e19e5ec7854d72e4680fc%40%3Cannounce.apache.org%3E
Mailing Listx_refsource_MLIST
Source: [email protected]
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r90890afea72a9571d666820b2fe5942a0a5f86be406fa31da3dd0922%40%3Cannounce.apache.org%3E
x_refsource_MISCMailing ListThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rff824b38ebd2fddc726b816f0e509696b83b9f78979d0cd021ca623b%40%3Cannounce.guacamole.apache.org%3E
Mailing Listx_refsource_MLISTThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/11/msg00010.html
Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_FEDORA
Source: [email protected]
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/TVV5K2X4EXSAVUUL7IJ3MUJ3ADWMVSBM/
Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_FEDORA
Source: [email protected]
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/WNS7UHBOFV6JHWH5XOEZTE3BREGRSSQ3/

CVSS

6.7MEDIUM[email protected]
Attack Vector
LOCAL
Complexity
HIGH
Privileges
LOW
User Interaction
REQUIRED
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality
HIGH
Integrity
HIGH
Availability
HIGH
Vector?

Quick Info

StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-787

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