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Case File

CVE-2018-8793

CRITICAL · CVSS 9.8 EPSS 7.06% Public Exploit

Source: NVD + CISA KEV + EPSS (historical backfill) · Published 2019-02-05 · Last synced 2026-08-04

CyberRota Analysis

AI analysis pending.

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
github.com ↗

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CVE
CVE-2018-8793
Severity
CRITICAL
CVSS
9.8
EPSS
7.06%

Original NVD Description

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