FKIE_CVE-2008-1803
Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2008-05-12 22:20 - Updated: 2026-06-16 22:52
Severity
Summary
Integer signedness error in the xrealloc function (rdesktop.c) in RDesktop 1.5.0 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via unknown parameters that trigger a heap-based overflow. NOTE: the role of the channel_process function was not specified by the original researcher.
References
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