CVE-2018-8795

CVSS V2 High 7.5 CVSS V3 Critical 9.8
Description
rdesktop versions up to and including v1.8.3 contain an Integer Overflow that leads to a Heap-Based Buffer Overflow in function process_bitmap_updates() and results in a memory corruption and probably even a remote code execution.
Overview
  • CVE ID
  • CVE-2018-8795
  • Assigner
  • cve@checkpoint.com
  • Vulnerability Status
  • Analyzed
  • Published Version
  • 2019-02-05T20:29:00
  • Last Modified Date
  • 2020-09-29T01:09:53
Weakness Enumerations
CWE URL
CWE-190 http://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/190.html
CPE Configuration (Product)
CPE Vulnerable Operator Version Start Version End
cpe:2.3:a:rdesktop:rdesktop:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR 1.8.3
cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:9.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:o:opensuse:leap:15.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
CVSS Version 2
  • Version
  • 2.0
  • Vector String
  • AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
  • Access Vector
  • NETWORK
  • Access Compatibility
  • LOW
  • Authentication
  • NONE
  • Confidentiality Impact
  • PARTIAL
  • Integrity Impact
  • PARTIAL
  • Availability Impact
  • PARTIAL
  • Base Score
  • 7.5
  • Severity
  • HIGH
  • Exploitability Score
  • 10
  • Impact Score
  • 6.4
CVSS Version 3
  • Version
  • 3.1
  • Vector String
  • CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
  • Attack Vector
  • NETWORK
  • Attack Compatibility
  • LOW
  • Privileges Required
  • NONE
  • User Interaction
  • NONE
  • Scope
  • UNCHANGED
  • Confidentiality Impact
  • HIGH
  • Availability Impact
  • HIGH
  • Base Score
  • 9.8
  • Base Severity
  • CRITICAL
  • Exploitability Score
  • 3.9
  • Impact Score
  • 5.9
References
Reference URL Reference Tags
https://github.com/rdesktop/rdesktop/commit/4dca546d04321a610c1835010b5dad85163b65e1 Patch Third Party Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/106938 Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
https://www.debian.org/security/2019/dsa-4394 Third Party Advisory
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/02/msg00030.html Mailing List Third Party Advisory
https://research.checkpoint.com/reverse-rdp-attack-code-execution-on-rdp-clients/ Third Party Advisory
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201903-06 Third Party Advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-09/msg00040.html Mailing List Third Party Advisory
Sources
Source Name Source URL
NIST https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-8795
MITRE https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2018-8795
History
Created Old Value New Value Data Type Notes
2022-05-10 17:12:13 Added to TrackCVE
2022-12-03 17:09:32 2019-02-05T20:29Z 2019-02-05T20:29:00 CVE Published Date updated
2022-12-03 17:09:32 2020-09-29T01:09:53 CVE Modified Date updated
2022-12-03 17:09:32 Analyzed Vulnerability Status updated
2022-12-03 17:09:33 CWE-190 Weakness Enumeration updated