CVE-2018-20182: Debian Linux

Critical severity, CVSS 9.8. EPSS: 8.2% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

rdesktop versions up to and including v1.8.3 contain a Buffer Overflow over the global variables in the function seamless_process_line() that results in memory corruption and probably even a remote code execution.

Affected products

  • Debian Debian Linux: version 8.0 only; version 9.0 only
  • Rdesktop Rdesktop: up to and including 1.8.3

Published 2019-03-15. Last modified 2026-06-17.