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Alpine Linux: CVE-2018-20181: Integer Underflow (Wrap or Wraparound)

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Alpine Linux: CVE-2018-20181: Integer Underflow (Wrap or Wraparound)

Severity
7
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
Published
03/15/2019
Created
08/23/2024
Added
08/22/2024
Modified
08/22/2024

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 seamless_process() and results in memory corruption and probably even a remote code execution.

Solution(s)

  • alpine-linux-upgrade-rdesktop

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