CVE-2018-20179
- Source
- https://cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2018-20179
- Import Source
- https://storage.googleapis.com/osv-test-cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2018-20179.json
- JSON Data
- https://api.test.osv.dev/v1/vulns/CVE-2018-20179
- Downstream
- Related
- Published
- 2019-03-15T18:29:00.547Z
- Modified
- 2026-05-18T17:43:04.730081Z
- Severity
-
- 9.8 (Critical) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H CVSS Calculator
- Summary
- [none]
- Details
-
rdesktop versions up to and including v1.8.3 contain an Integer Underflow that leads to a Heap-Based Buffer Overflow in the function lspci_process() and results in memory corruption and probably even a remote code execution.
- References
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- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-09/msg00040.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/106938
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/02/msg00030.html
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201903-06
- https://www.debian.org/security/2019/dsa-4394
- https://github.com/rdesktop/rdesktop/commit/4dca546d04321a610c1835010b5dad85163b65e1
- https://research.checkpoint.com/reverse-rdp-attack-code-execution-on-rdp-clients/
Affected packages
Git / github.com/rdesktop/rdesktop
Affected ranges
- Type
- GIT
- Repo
- https://github.com/rdesktop/rdesktop
- Events
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Introduced0 Unknown introduced commit / All previous commits are affectedLast affected
- Database specific
{ "cpe": "cpe:2.3:a:rdesktop:rdesktop:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*", "source": "CPE_FIELD", "extracted_events": [ { "introduced": "0" }, { "last_affected": "1.8.3" } ] }