CVE-2008-1801

Severity: critical (CVSS 9.3 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 13.1% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: yes
Published: 2008-05-12 · updated 2026-06-16
Weakness: CWE-189

Description

Integer underflow in the iso_recv_msg function (iso.c) in rdesktop 1.5.0 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via a Remote Desktop Protocol (RDP) request with a small length field.

Affected products

rdesktop: 1.5.0

References

http://labs.idefense.com/intelligence/vulnerabilities/display.php?id=696
http://rdesktop.cvs.sourceforge.net/rdesktop/rdesktop/iso.c?r1=1.19&r2=1.20&pathrev=HEAD
http://secunia.com/advisories/30118
http://secunia.com/advisories/30248
http://secunia.com/advisories/30380
http://secunia.com/advisories/30713
http://secunia.com/advisories/31222
http://secunia.com/advisories/31224
http://secunia.com/advisories/31928
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200806-04.xml
http://slackware.com/security/viewer.php?l=slackware-security&y=2008&m=slackware-security.395286
http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-26-240708-1

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