CVE - CVE-2018-20177

CVE-ID
CVE-2018-20177	Learn more at National Vulnerability Database (NVD) • CVSS Severity Rating • Fix Information • Vulnerable Software Versions • SCAP Mappings • CPE Information
Description
rdesktop versions up to and including v1.8.3 contain an Integer Overflow that leads to a Heap-Based Buffer Overflow in the function rdp_in_unistr() and results in memory corruption and possibly even a remote code execution.
References
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BID:106938 URL:http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/106938 CONFIRM:https://research.checkpoint.com/reverse-rdp-attack-code-execution-on-rdp-clients/ DEBIAN:DSA-4394 URL:https://www.debian.org/security/2019/dsa-4394 GENTOO:GLSA-201903-06 URL:https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201903-06 MISC:https://github.com/rdesktop/rdesktop/commit/4dca546d04321a610c1835010b5dad85163b65e1 MLIST:[debian-lts-announce] 20190219 [SECURITY] [DLA 1683-1] rdesktop security update URL:https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/02/msg00030.html SUSE:openSUSE-SU-2019:2135 URL:http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-09/msg00040.html
Assigning CNA
MITRE Corporation
Date Record Created
20181217	Disclaimer: The record creation date may reflect when the CVE ID was allocated or reserved, and does not necessarily indicate when this vulnerability was discovered, shared with the affected vendor, publicly disclosed, or updated in CVE.
Phase (Legacy)
Assigned (20181217)
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Proposed (Legacy)
N/A
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