What is CVE-2019-15682?

CVE-2019-15682 is a high-severity vulnerability in Rdesktop, classified under Out-of-bounds Read. CVSS score: 7.5/10. Published 2019-10-30.

How severe is CVE-2019-15682?

High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.5 out of 10.

Out-of-bounds Read in Rdesktop

CVE-2019-15682

RDesktop version 1.8.4 contains multiple out-of-bound access read vulnerabilities in its code, which results in a denial of service (DoS) condition. This attack appear to be exploitable via network connectivity. These issues have been fixed in version 1.8.5

Vulnerability class: Buffer Overflow

EPSS: 0.014 (69.5th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 7.5 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H.

Affected products

Rdesktop — versions 1.8.4

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-125 — Out-of-bounds Read

References

vulnerability@kaspersky.com (Third Party Advisory, x_refsource_MISC, Broken Link)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2019-15682?: CVE-2019-15682 is a high-severity vulnerability in Rdesktop, classified under Out-of-bounds Read. CVSS score: 7.5/10. Published 2019-10-30.
How severe is CVE-2019-15682?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.5 out of 10.