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CVE-2018-20176 (GCVE-0-2018-20176)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2019-03-15 18:00 – Updated: 2024-08-05 11:58
VLAI
Summary
rdesktop versions up to and including v1.8.3 contain several Out-Of- Bounds Reads in the file secure.c that result in a Denial of Service (segfault).
Severity
7.5 (High)
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
CWE
  • n/a
Assigner
References
Date Public
2019-01-16 00:00
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