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critical 9.3

CVE-2008-1802 in the critical feed json

Buffer overflow in the process_redirect_pdu (rdp.c) function in rdesktop 1.5.0 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a Remo…

published 2008-05-12 18 y ago modified 2026-06-16 4 mo ago also EUVD-2008-1802

cvss
9.3
version 2.0, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
13.0%
EPSS 13.0% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 96%
public exploits
1
Exploit-DB

Summary

Buffer overflow in the process_redirect_pdu (rdp.c) function in rdesktop 1.5.0 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a Remote Desktop Protocol (RDP) redirect request with modified length fields.

Patch / fix

  • rdesktop Debian 14, Debian 13, Debian 12 1.5.0-4+cvs20071006

debian advisories DEBIAN-CVE-2008-1802

  • rdesktop openSUSE Tumbleweed 1.9.0-4.6

opensuse advisories openSUSE-SU-2024:11298-1

Vendor advisories

What the vendors themselves say about their products: affected, fixed or not affected, and what to do.

red hat product security vex CVE-2008-1802 updated cvss 5.4

rdesktop: process_redirect_pdu() BSS Overflow Vulnerability

  • Red Hat All currently supported Red Hat products
    not affected: vulnerable code not present

Red Hat CSAF VEX © Red Hat, Inc., from https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/; changed: reduced to product statuses and remediations. CC BY 4.0 · csaf

Timeline

  1. First public exploit (EDB-5585)
  2. Published

Exploit prediction

12.98% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 96% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

Exploits and checks

  • EDB-5585 rdesktop 1.5.0 - 'process_redirect_pdu()' BSS Overflow (PoC) dos, 2008-05-11
  • rdesktop.cvs.sourceforge.net http://rdesktop.cvs.sourceforge.net/rdesktop/rdesktop/rdp.c?r1=1.101&r2=1.102&pathrev=HEAD referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 2.0 9.3 AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-119 Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer

References

Sources

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