DEBIAN-CVE-2018-20181

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Source
https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2018-20181
Import Source
https://storage.googleapis.com/debian-osv/debian-cve-osv/DEBIAN-CVE-2018-20181.json
JSON Data
https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/DEBIAN-CVE-2018-20181
Upstream
Published
2019-03-15T18:29:00Z
Modified
2025-09-30T03:54:28Z
Severity
  • 9.8 (Critical) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H CVSS Calculator
Summary
[none]
Details

rdesktop versions up to and including v1.8.3 contain an Integer Underflow that leads to a Heap-Based Buffer Overflow in the function seamless_process() and results in memory corruption and probably even a remote code execution.

References

Affected packages

Debian:11 / rdesktop

Package

Name
rdesktop
Purl
pkg:deb/debian/rdesktop?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
1.8.4-1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "urgency": "not yet assigned"
}

Debian:12 / rdesktop

Package

Name
rdesktop
Purl
pkg:deb/debian/rdesktop?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
1.8.4-1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "urgency": "not yet assigned"
}

Debian:13 / rdesktop

Package

Name
rdesktop
Purl
pkg:deb/debian/rdesktop?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
1.8.4-1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "urgency": "not yet assigned"
}

Debian:14 / rdesktop

Package

Name
rdesktop
Purl
pkg:deb/debian/rdesktop?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
1.8.4-1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "urgency": "not yet assigned"
}