CVE-2008-1803
HIGH · CVSS 9.3EPSS 6.7%EU EUVD
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.
Key facts
- CVSS score
- 9.3 (v2.0)
- Severity
- HIGH
- CVSS vector
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C- Weakness (CWE)
- CWE-189
- EPSS score
- 6.7% (94th percentile)
- In CISA KEV
- No
- In EU EUVD
- Yes (EUVD-2008-1803)
- Published
- May 12, 2008
- NVD last modified
- June 16, 2026
- Status
- Modified
EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)
This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2008-1803 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 7, 2024.
View on the EU Vulnerability DatabaseAffected products
- rdesktop / rdesktop
References
- http://labs.idefense.com/intelligence/vulnerabilities/display.php?id=698
- http://rdesktop.cvs.sourceforge.net/rdesktop/rdesktop/rdesktop.c?r1=1.161&r2=1.162&pathrev=HEAD(Exploit)
- http://secunia.com/advisories/30118(Vendor Advisory)
- http://secunia.com/advisories/30248(Vendor Advisory)
- http://secunia.com/advisories/30713(Vendor Advisory)
- http://secunia.com/advisories/31224(Vendor Advisory)
- http://secunia.com/advisories/31928(Vendor Advisory)
- http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200806-04.xml
- http://sourceforge.net/mailarchive/message.php?msg_name=20080511065217.GA24455%40cse.unsw.EDU.AU(Patch)
- http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-26-240708-1
- http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2008-360.htm
- http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1573
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:101
- http://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-May/msg00244.html
- http://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-May/msg00270.html
- http://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-May/msg00296.html
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0575.html(Vendor Advisory)
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/29097
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1019992
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-646-1
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/1467/references(Vendor Advisory)
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/2403(Vendor Advisory)
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/42277
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9800
Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS
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