CVE-2018-8799

CVSS V2 Medium 5 CVSS V3 High 7.5
Description
rdesktop versions up to and including v1.8.3 contain an Out-Of-Bounds Read in function process_secondary_order() that results in a Denial of Service (segfault).
Overview
  • CVE ID
  • CVE-2018-8799
  • Assigner
  • cve@checkpoint.com
  • Vulnerability Status
  • Modified
  • Published Version
  • 2019-02-05T20:29:00
  • Last Modified Date
  • 2019-09-15T00:15:13
Weakness Enumerations
CWE URL
CWE-125 http://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/125.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
CVSS Version 2
  • Version
  • 2.0
  • Vector String
  • AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
  • Access Vector
  • NETWORK
  • Access Compatibility
  • LOW
  • Authentication
  • NONE
  • Confidentiality Impact
  • NONE
  • Integrity Impact
  • NONE
  • Availability Impact
  • PARTIAL
  • Base Score
  • 5
  • Severity
  • MEDIUM
  • Exploitability Score
  • 10
  • Impact Score
  • 2.9
CVSS Version 3
  • Version
  • 3.0
  • Vector String
  • CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
  • Attack Vector
  • NETWORK
  • Attack Compatibility
  • LOW
  • Privileges Required
  • NONE
  • User Interaction
  • NONE
  • Scope
  • UNCHANGED
  • Confidentiality Impact
  • NONE
  • Availability Impact
  • HIGH
  • Base Score
  • 7.5
  • Base Severity
  • HIGH
  • Exploitability Score
  • 3.9
  • Impact Score
  • 3.6
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
Sources
Source Name Source URL
NIST https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-8799
MITRE https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2018-8799
History
Created Old Value New Value Data Type Notes
2022-05-10 07:46:18 Added to TrackCVE
2022-12-03 17:09:45 2019-02-05T20:29Z 2019-02-05T20:29:00 CVE Published Date updated
2022-12-03 17:09:45 2019-09-15T00:15:13 CVE Modified Date updated
2022-12-03 17:09:45 Modified Vulnerability Status updated