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CVE-2018-8798
- Severity: high (CVSS 7.5 v3.0)
- Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
- EPSS: 3.8% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
- Public exploit or detection template: none known
- Published: 2019-02-05 · updated 2026-06-17
- Weakness: CWE-126
Description
rdesktop versions up to and including v1.8.3 contain an Out-Of-Bounds Read in function rdpsnd_process_ping() that results in an information leak.
Affected products
- Debian Linux: 8.0, 9.0
- rdesktop: through 1.8.3
References
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-09/msg00040.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/106938
- https://github.com/rdesktop/rdesktop/commit/4dca546d04321a610c1835010b5dad85163b65e1
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/02/msg00030.html
- https://research.checkpoint.com/reverse-rdp-attack-code-execution-on-rdp-clients/
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201903-06
- https://www.debian.org/security/2019/dsa-4394
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-09/msg00040.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/106938
- https://github.com/rdesktop/rdesktop/commit/4dca546d04321a610c1835010b5dad85163b65e1
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/02/msg00030.html
- https://research.checkpoint.com/reverse-rdp-attack-code-execution-on-rdp-clients/
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