CVE-2018-8797 - AskarLabs CVE Database

CVE-2018-8797

Vendor Check Point Software Technologies Ltd.

Product rdesktop

Weakness CWE-122

Published February 5, 2019

Last update September 16, 2024

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CVSS base score

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What the vulnerability does

01Description

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

Key dates

02Disclosure timeline

February 5, 2019 CVE published

September 16, 2024 Record updated

External resources

03References

NVD — National Vulnerability Database https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-8797 CWE — Common Weakness Enumeration https://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/122.html

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