CVE-2018-8800
Debian Security Advisory 4394-1
Severity Score
9.8
*CVSS v3.1
Exploit Likelihood
*EPSS
Affected Versions
*CPE
Public Exploits
0
*Multiple Sources
Exploited in Wild
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*KEV
Decision
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*SSVC
Descriptions
rdesktop versions up to and including v1.8.3 contain a Heap-Based Buffer Overflow in function ui_clip_handle_data() that results in a memory corruption and probably even a remote code execution.
Las versiones de rdesktop, hasta la v1.8.3 (inclusivas), contienen un desbordamiento de búfer basado en memoria dinámica (heap) en la función ui_clip_handle_data(), lo que podría resultar en una corrupción de memoria o incluso una ejecución remota de código.
Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in rdesktop, the worst of which could result in the remote execution of arbitrary code. Versions less than 1.8.4 are affected.
*Credits:
N/A
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* Common Vulnerability Scoring System
SSVC
- Decision:-
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Timeline
- 2018-03-19 CVE Reserved
- 2019-02-05 CVE Published
- 2024-09-16 CVE Updated
- 2025-06-19 EPSS Updated
- ---------- Exploited in Wild
- ---------- KEV Due Date
- ---------- First Exploit
CWE
- CWE-122: Heap-based Buffer Overflow
- CWE-787: Out-of-bounds Write
CAPEC
References (7)
| URL | Tag | Source |
|---|---|---|
| http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/106938 | Third Party Advisory | |
| https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/02/msg00030.html | Mailing List |
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| https://research.checkpoint.com/reverse-rdp-attack-code-execution-on-rdp-clients | Third Party Advisory |
| URL | Date | SRC |
|---|
| URL | Date | SRC |
|---|---|---|
| https://github.com/rdesktop/rdesktop/commit/4dca546d04321a610c1835010b5dad85163b65e1 | 2020-09-29 |
| URL | Date | SRC |
|---|---|---|
| http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-09/msg00040.html | 2020-09-29 | |
| https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201903-06 | 2020-09-29 | |
| https://www.debian.org/security/2019/dsa-4394 | 2020-09-29 |
Affected Vendors, Products, and Versions
| Vendor | Product | Version | Other | Status | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vendor | Product | Version | Other | Status | <-- --> | Vendor | Product | Version | Other | Status |
| Rdesktop Search vendor "Rdesktop" | Rdesktop Search vendor "Rdesktop" for product "Rdesktop" | <= 1.8.3 Search vendor "Rdesktop" for product "Rdesktop" and version " <= 1.8.3" | - |
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| Debian Search vendor "Debian" | Debian Linux Search vendor "Debian" for product "Debian Linux" | 8.0 Search vendor "Debian" for product "Debian Linux" and version "8.0" | - |
Affected
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| Debian Search vendor "Debian" | Debian Linux Search vendor "Debian" for product "Debian Linux" | 9.0 Search vendor "Debian" for product "Debian Linux" and version "9.0" | - |
Affected
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| Opensuse Search vendor "Opensuse" | Leap Search vendor "Opensuse" for product "Leap" | 15.1 Search vendor "Opensuse" for product "Leap" and version "15.1" | - |
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