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CVE-2008-1803

Published: May 12, 2008 | Modified: Apr 09, 2025
CVSS 3.x
N/A
Source:
NVD
CVSS 2.x
9.3 HIGH
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
RedHat/V2
5.4 MODERATE
AV:A/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
RedHat/V3
Ubuntu
LOW
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Additional information
NVDhttps://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2008-1803
CWEhttps://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/189.html

Integer signedness error in the xrealloc function (rdesktop.c) in RDesktop 1.5.0 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via unknown parameters that trigger a heap-based overflow. NOTE: the role of the channel_process function was not specified by the original researcher.

Affected Software

NameVendorStart VersionEnd Version
RdesktopRdesktop1.5.0 (including)1.5.0 (including)
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5RedHatrdesktop-0:1.4.1-6*
RdesktopUbuntudapper*
RdesktopUbuntufeisty*
RdesktopUbuntugutsy*
RdesktopUbuntuhardy*
RdesktopUbuntuupstream*

References

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