U.S. flag   An official website of the United States government
Dot gov

Official websites use .gov
A .gov website belongs to an official government organization in the United States.

Https

Secure .gov websites use HTTPS
A lock (Dot gov) or https:// means you've safely connected to the .gov website. Share sensitive information only on official, secure websites.

CVE-2008-1801 Detail

Description

Integer underflow in the iso_recv_msg function (iso.c) in rdesktop 1.5.0 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via a Remote Desktop Protocol (RDP) request with a small length field.


Metrics

NVD enrichment efforts reference publicly available information to associate vector strings. CVSS information contributed by other sources is also displayed.
CVSS 4.0 Severity and Vector Strings:

NIST CVSS score
NIST: NVD
N/A
NVD assessment not yet provided.

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

By selecting these links, you will be leaving NIST webspace. We have provided these links to other web sites because they may have information that would be of interest to you. No inferences should be drawn on account of other sites being referenced, or not, from this page. There may be other web sites that are more appropriate for your purpose. NIST does not necessarily endorse the views expressed, or concur with the facts presented on these sites. Further, NIST does not endorse any commercial products that may be mentioned on these sites. Please address comments about this page to [email protected].

URL Source(s) Tag(s)
http://labs.idefense.com/intelligence/vulnerabilities/display.php?id=696 CVE, MITRE
http://rdesktop.cvs.sourceforge.net/rdesktop/rdesktop/iso.c?r1=1.19&r2=1.20&pathrev=HEAD CVE, MITRE Exploit 
http://secunia.com/advisories/30118 CVE, MITRE
http://secunia.com/advisories/30248 CVE, MITRE
http://secunia.com/advisories/30380 CVE, MITRE
http://secunia.com/advisories/30713 CVE, MITRE
http://secunia.com/advisories/31222 CVE, MITRE
http://secunia.com/advisories/31224 CVE, MITRE
http://secunia.com/advisories/31928 CVE, MITRE
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200806-04.xml CVE, MITRE
http://slackware.com/security/viewer.php?l=slackware-security&y=2008&m=slackware-security.395286 CVE, MITRE
http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-26-240708-1 CVE, MITRE
http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2008-360.htm CVE, MITRE
http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1573 CVE, MITRE
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:101 CVE, MITRE
http://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-May/msg00244.html CVE, MITRE
http://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-May/msg00270.html CVE, MITRE
http://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-May/msg00296.html CVE, MITRE
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0575.html CVE, MITRE
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0576.html CVE, MITRE
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0725.html CVE, MITRE
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/29097 CVE, MITRE
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1019990 CVE, MITRE
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-646-1 CVE, MITRE
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/1467/references CVE, MITRE
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/2403 CVE, MITRE
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/42272 CVE, MITRE
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A11570 CVE, MITRE
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/5561 CVE, MITRE

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-ID CWE Name Source
CWE-189 Numeric Errors cwe source acceptance level NIST  

Known Affected Software Configurations Switch to CPE 2.2

CPEs loading, please wait.

Denotes Vulnerable Software
Are we missing a CPE here? Please let us know.

Change History

5 change records found show changes

Quick Info

CVE Dictionary Entry:
CVE-2008-1801
NVD Published Date:
05/12/2008
NVD Last Modified:
04/08/2025
Source:
MITRE