CVE-2018-8793
CVE-2018-8793 Vulnerability Analysis & Exploit Intelligence
rdesktop versions up to and including v1.8.3 contain a Heap-Based Buffer Overflow in function cssp_read_tsrequest() that results in a memory corruption and probably even a remote code execution.
Published Updated Sources: cvelistV5, checkpoint
Triage
Is it exploited, how likely is exploitation, what does it touch, and how severe do the scoring sources call it.
Exploitation
Unreported
no source claims exploitation
EPSS
7%
chance of exploitation in 30 days
CVSS base
Unscored
no source published a base score
Affected scope
The catalog records vendors and products as separate lists, not pairs, so which product belongs to which vendor is not something this page can say.
Vendors (1)
Products (1)
Weakness & attack patterns
- CWE-122
References
7 on the record
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/106938
vdb-entry, x_refsource_BID
- github.com/rdesktop/rdesktop/commit/4dca546d04321a610c1835010b5dad85163b65e1
x_refsource_MISC
- security.gentoo.org/glsa/201903-06
vendor-advisory, x_refsource_GENTOO
- research.checkpoint.com/reverse-rdp-attack-code-execution-on-rdp-clients/
x_refsource_CONFIRM
- www.debian.org/security/2019/dsa-4394
vendor-advisory, x_refsource_DEBIAN
- lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/02/msg00030.html
mailing-list, x_refsource_MLIST
- lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-09/msg00040.html
vendor-advisory, x_refsource_SUSE
Elsewhere on this site
- check point software technologiesevery CVE for this vendor
- CWE-122other pages naming this weakness
Not in any source we poll
Listed rather than left blank: an empty field and an unmeasured one look identical on screen, and only one is a reason to look elsewhere.
- No confirmed IOCs, IP addresses, domains, file hashes, or malware artifacts supplied.
- No organization-specific asset inventory, compensating-control status, or patch deployment evidence supplied.
- No exploit packet captures, log samples, or incident case IDs supplied.