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CVE-2018-8794

CRITICAL · CVSS 9.8 EPSS 6.66% Public Exploit

Source: NVD + CISA KEV + EPSS (historical backfill) · Published 2019-02-05 · 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-2018-8794
Severity
CRITICAL
CVSS
9.8
EPSS
6.66%

Original NVD Description

rdesktop versions up to and including v1.8.3 contain an Integer Overflow that leads to an Out-Of-Bounds Write in function process_bitmap_updates() and results in a memory corruption and possibly even a remote code execution.

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