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DEBIAN-CVE-2018-8795

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...

Original description

The description as published by the source.

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: OSV.dev (Open Source Vulnerabilities) OSV

Affected packages

Debian:12 rdesktop

[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"1.8.4-1"}]}]

Debian:13 rdesktop

[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"1.8.4-1"}]}]

Debian:14 rdesktop

[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"1.8.4-1"}]}]

References

advisory security-tracker.debian.org