CVE-2008-1802

Severity: critical (CVSS 9.3 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 13.0% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: yes
Published: 2008-05-12 · updated 2026-06-16
Weakness: CWE-119

Description

Buffer overflow in the process_redirect_pdu (rdp.c) function in rdesktop 1.5.0 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a Remote Desktop Protocol (RDP) redirect request with modified length fields.

Affected products

rdesktop: 1.5.0

References

http://labs.idefense.com/intelligence/vulnerabilities/display.php?id=697
http://rdesktop.cvs.sourceforge.net/rdesktop/rdesktop/rdp.c?r1=1.101&r2=1.102&pathrev=HEAD
http://secunia.com/advisories/30118
http://secunia.com/advisories/30248
http://secunia.com/advisories/30713
http://secunia.com/advisories/31928
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200806-04.xml
http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-26-240708-1
http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2008-360.htm
http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1573
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:101
http://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-May/msg00244.html

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