9.3

CVE-2008-1803: rdesktop Numeric Errors

CVSS: 9.3v2.0HighModified
AliasesDEBIAN-CVE-2008-1803
Published 12-05-2008Last modified 07-08-2024
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Vulnerability summary

CVE-2008-1803 is a high (CVSS 9.3) Numeric Errors vulnerability in rdesktop. EPSS estimates a 6.74% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 93.8% of scored vulnerabilities. 1 public exploit is recorded.

Overall risk
70/100
0100
High · default modelHow is this calculated?
CVSS score
9.3/10
010
High · v2.0 (NVD)
EPSS score
6.74%
0%100%
Low · 0.00 pp in 30 days
KEVNot listedIn no KEV catalog
RansomwareNone recordedNo known use recorded
Public exploits1reference

Advisory lineage

Upstream 0 · Downstream 3 · Related 1
DSA-1573-1OPENSUSE-SU-2024:11298-1RHSA-2008:0575

Timeline

  1. 12-05-2008
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 07-08-2024
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

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.

CVSS metrics

1 score · 1 source · 1 version

EPSS trend

Probability

6.74%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

94%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

0.00 pp

From 6.74% on 19-09-2026

19-09-202619-10-2026
EPSS score
6.74%

Known exploited

Compare KEV catalogs

Not in any of the 3 tracked catalogs.

Public exploits

1 found
  • referenceUnverified

    Exploit Reference (rdesktop.cvs.sourceforge.net)

    Maturity: unknown

Weaknesses

CWE · root cause

Affected systems

Debian1 product
  • rdesktop< 1.5.0-4+cvs20071006
Rdesktop1 product

2 vendors · 2 products

References

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