| Name | CVE-2018-8795 |
| 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. |
| Source | CVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more) |
| References | DLA-1683-1, DSA-4394-1 |
Vulnerable and fixed packages
The table below lists information on source packages.
| Source Package | Release | Version | Status |
|---|
| rdesktop (PTS) | jessie, jessie (lts) | 1.8.6-0+deb8u2 | fixed |
| stretch (security), stretch (lts), stretch | 1.8.6-2~deb9u1 | fixed |
| buster | 1.8.6-2 | fixed |
| sid, trixie, bullseye, bookworm | 1.9.0-2 | fixed |
The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.
Notes
https://github.com/rdesktop/rdesktop/commit/766ebcf6f23ccfe8323ac10242ae6e127d4505d2 (v1.8.4)