rdesktop versions up to and including v1.8.3 contain an Integer Overflow that leads to a Heap-Based Buffer Overflow in the function rdp_in_unistr() and results in memory corruption and possibly even a remote code execution.
| Product | Vendor Advisory | Solution File | Added | Published |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alpine Linux | — | Upgrade rdesktop | Aug 22, 2024 | Mar 15, 2019 |
| Arch Linux | — | Upgrade to the latest version of Arch Linux | Jul 11, 2025 | Mar 15, 2019 |
| Debian | — | Upgrade rdesktop | Feb 20, 2019 | Feb 18, 2019 |
| Freebsd | — | Upgrade rdesktop | Feb 23, 2019 | Feb 22, 2019 |
| Gentoo Linux | — | Upgrade net-misc/rdesktop. | Mar 11, 2019 | Mar 10, 2019 |
| Oracle Solaris | — | Upgrade desktop/remote-desktop/rdesktop to version 1.8.4-11.4.14.0.1.1.0 on Solaris 11.4 | Oct 16, 2019 | Mar 15, 2019 |
| Redhat_linux | — | No solution exists | Jul 9, 2025 | Mar 15, 2019 |
| Suse | — | Upgrade rdesktop | Sep 17, 2019 | Jan 2, 2019 |
| Ubuntu | — | No solution exists | Jun 26, 2025 | Mar 15, 2019 |
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