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CVE-2018-20179

CRITICAL · CVSS 9.8 EPSS 6.79% Public Exploit

Source: NVD + CISA KEV + EPSS (historical backfill) · Published 2019-03-15 · Last synced 2026-08-04

CyberRota Analysis

This is a critical severity vulnerability with a CVSS score of 9.8. Public exploit code or proof-of-concept references have been detected in its references. It may be remotely exploitable.

Public Exploit Signal

A public exploit, PoC, GitHub repository or Metasploit reference was detected for this CVE.

Detected Signals
remote code execution code execution
GitHub PoC Links

Note: these links are listed for security research and verification purposes only.

CVE
CVE-2018-20179
Severity
CRITICAL
CVSS
9.8
EPSS
6.79%

Original NVD Description

rdesktop versions up to and including v1.8.3 contain an Integer Underflow that leads to a Heap-Based Buffer Overflow in the function lspci_process() and results in memory corruption and probably even a remote code execution.

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