CVE-2018-8797

CriticalCVSS 9.8/10Last modified Jun 17, 2026

Description

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.

Metrics

CVSS 3.1 9.8/10CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Weakness enumeration

CWE-122 CWE-787

Affected software

Vendor	Product	Versions
Check Point Software Technologies Ltd.	rdesktop	All versions up to and including v1.8.3

References

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-09/msg00040.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/106938Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
https://github.com/rdesktop/rdesktop/commit/4dca546d04321a610c1835010b5dad85163b65e1Patch, Third Party Advisory
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/02/msg00030.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
https://research.checkpoint.com/reverse-rdp-attack-code-execution-on-rdp-clients/Third Party Advisory
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201903-06Third Party Advisory
https://www.debian.org/security/2019/dsa-4394Third Party Advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-09/msg00040.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/106938Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
https://github.com/rdesktop/rdesktop/commit/4dca546d04321a610c1835010b5dad85163b65e1Patch, Third Party Advisory
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/02/msg00030.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
https://research.checkpoint.com/reverse-rdp-attack-code-execution-on-rdp-clients/Third Party Advisory
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201903-06Third Party Advisory
https://www.debian.org/security/2019/dsa-4394Third Party Advisory

Timeline

Published: Feb 5, 2019
Last modified: Jun 17, 2026
NVD status: Modified

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