DEBIAN-CVE-2018-8793

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Source
https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2018-8793
Import Source
https://storage.googleapis.com/osv-test-debian-osv/debian-cve-osv/DEBIAN-CVE-2018-8793.json
JSON Data
https://api.test.osv.dev/v1/vulns/DEBIAN-CVE-2018-8793
Upstream
Published
2019-02-05T20:29:00.447Z
Modified
2025-11-14T03:02:31.393054Z
Severity
  • 9.8 (Critical) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.1/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 a Heap-Based Buffer Overflow in function csspreadtsrequest() that results in a memory corruption and probably even a remote code execution.

References

Affected packages

Debian:11 / rdesktop

Package

Name
rdesktop
Purl
pkg:deb/debian/rdesktop?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
1.8.4-1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "urgency": "not yet assigned"
}

Database specific

source

"https://storage.googleapis.com/osv-test-debian-osv/debian-cve-osv/DEBIAN-CVE-2018-8793.json"

Debian:12 / rdesktop

Package

Name
rdesktop
Purl
pkg:deb/debian/rdesktop?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
1.8.4-1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "urgency": "not yet assigned"
}

Database specific

source

"https://storage.googleapis.com/osv-test-debian-osv/debian-cve-osv/DEBIAN-CVE-2018-8793.json"

Debian:13 / rdesktop

Package

Name
rdesktop
Purl
pkg:deb/debian/rdesktop?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
1.8.4-1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "urgency": "not yet assigned"
}

Database specific

source

"https://storage.googleapis.com/osv-test-debian-osv/debian-cve-osv/DEBIAN-CVE-2018-8793.json"

Debian:14 / rdesktop

Package

Name
rdesktop
Purl
pkg:deb/debian/rdesktop?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
1.8.4-1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "urgency": "not yet assigned"
}

Database specific

source

"https://storage.googleapis.com/osv-test-debian-osv/debian-cve-osv/DEBIAN-CVE-2018-8793.json"