CVE-2008-1803 — Rdesktop vulnerability

CWE-1898 documents8 sources
Severity
9.3CRITICALNVD
EPSS
16.4%
top 5.12%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
2
RdesktopDebian Rdesktop
Timeline
PublishedMay 12
Latest updateMay 1

Description

Integer signedness error in the xrealloc function (rdesktop.c) in RDesktop 1.5.0 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via unknown parameters that trigger a heap-based overflow. NOTE: the role of the channel_process function was not specified by the original researcher.

CVSS vector

AV:N/AC:M/C:C/I:C/A:CExploitability: 8.6 | Impact: 10.0

Affected Packages3 packages

▶debiandebian/rdesktop< rdesktop 1.5.0-4+cvs20071006 (bookworm)
▶Debianrdesktop/rdesktop< 1.5.0-4+cvs20071006+3

Patches

Patch: sourceforge.net ↗Patch: sourceforge.net ↗

🔴Vulnerability Details

2
GHSA
GHSA-h6mv-mc2j-c734: Integer signedness error in the xrealloc function (rdesktop↗2022-05-01
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OSV
CVE-2008-1803: Integer signedness error in the xrealloc function (rdesktop↗2008-05-12
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📋Vendor Advisories

3
Ubuntu
rdesktop vulnerabilities↗2008-09-18
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Red Hat
rdesktop: channel_process() Integer Signedness Vulnerability↗2008-05-07
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Debian
CVE-2008-1803: rdesktop - Integer signedness error in the xrealloc function (rdesktop.c) in RDesktop 1.5.0...↗2008
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🕵️Threat Intelligence

1
Unit42
Threat Brief: Microsoft DNS Server Wormable Vulnerability CVE-2020-1350↗2020-07-21
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💬Community

1
Bugzilla
CVE-2008-1803 rdesktop: channel_process() Integer Signedness Vulnerability↗2008-05-09
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