CVE-2018-8797
CRITICAL9.8EPSS 9.1%Published: 2/5/2019Modified: 11/19/2025
Also known as:ALPINE-CVE-2018-8797DEBIAN-CVE-2018-8797
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.
Affected packages (2)
- Alpine/rdesktopfrom 0, < 1.8.6-r0
- Debian/rdesktopfrom 0, < 1.8.4-1
CVSS scores
| Source | Version | Severity | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| osv | CVSS 3.1 | CRITICAL9.8 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |