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CVE-2018-20175 Details

Description

rdesktop versions up to and including v1.8.3 contains several Integer Signedness errors that lead to Out-Of-Bounds Reads in the file mcs.c and result in a Denial of Service (segfault).

Metrics

CVSS 3.x Severity and Vector Strings:

NIST: [email protected]CVSS-B:7.5 HIGHVector:CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

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URLSource(s)Tag(s)
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-09/msg00040.html CVE
https://github.com/rdesktop/rdesktop/commit/4dca546d04321a610c1835010b5dad85163b65e1 CVEPatchThird Party Advisory
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/02/msg00030.html CVEMailing ListThird Party Advisory
https://research.checkpoint.com/reverse-rdp-attack-code-execution-on-rdp-clients/ CVEExploitThird Party Advisory
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201903-06 CVEThird Party Advisory

see all 14 references

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-IDCWE NameSource
CWE-125Out-of-bounds Read[email protected]

Affected Products

ProductVersions
rdesktop rdesktop
<= 1.8.3

CPE

  • cpe:2.3:a:rdesktop:rdesktop:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Remediation

  • No remediation found in references.
debian debian linux
8.0
9.0

CPE

  • cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:9.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Remediation

  • No remediation found in references.

Change History

7 change records found show changes

QUICK INFO

CVE Dictionary Entry:
CVE-2018-20175
NVD Published Date:
Mar 15, 2019
NVD Last Modified:
Jun 17, 2026
Source:
[email protected]
CVE-2018-20175 Details - Not Deferred