CVE-2018-8794: Debian Linux

Critical severity, CVSS 9.8. EPSS: 6.7% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

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.

Affected products

• Debian Debian Linux: version 8.0 only; version 9.0 only
• Opensuse Leap: version 15.1 only
• Rdesktop Rdesktop: up to and including 1.8.3

Published 2019-02-05. Last modified 2026-06-17.