Buffer overflow in the process_redirect_pdu (rdp.c) function in rdesktop 1.5.0 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a Remote Desktop Protocol (RDP) redirect request with modified length fields.
Conclusion & alert: CVE-2008-1802 is rated High Exploit Risk (80.7/100): CVSS Critical severity, with high exploitation likelihood (EPSS 12.98%, 96th percentile). Core evidence: 2 public exploit reference(s) are indexed (Exploit-DB). Mandatory action: Public exploits are available—assess exposure, apply mitigations, and prioritize patching.
Risk is dynamic; we continuously reassess and refresh what is shown on this page as upstream context changes.
| EDB-ID | Source | Kind | Published | Link |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5585 | exploit_db | edb | 2008-05-11 | Exploit-DB ↗ |
| — | nvd_ref | exploit_tag | Exploit-DB ↗ |
EPSS lead: Daily EPSS estimates relative likelihood of exploitation; percentile ranks this CVE among scored vulnerabilities (higher = more severe relative rank).
| # | Date | Old EPSS score | New EPSS score | Delta (New - Old) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2026-06-15 | 35.05% | 12.98% | -22.07% |
| 2 | 2025-12-20 | 34.33% | 35.05% | +0.72% |
| 3 | 2025-07-02 | — | 34.33% | — |
Full EPSS history (13 records total)
CVSS metrics for this CVE.
| Base score | Version | Severity | Vector | Exploitability | Impact | Score source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9.3 | 2.0 | HIGH |
|
8.6 | 10.0 | [email protected] |
| vendor | priority | summary | link |
|---|---|---|---|
debian
|
not yet assigned | CVE-2008-1802 not yet assigned priority: Debian including 1 source packages (rdesktop), 5 status rows across 5 suites (bookworm, bullseye, forky, sid, trixie): resolved 5. | https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2008-1802 |
gentoo
|
normal | CVE-2008-1802: 1 GLSA(s) (200806-04), 1 atom(s) (net-misc/rdesktop); latest impact normal. | https://bugs.gentoo.org/buglist.cgi?quicksearch=CVE-2008-1802 |
redhat
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medium | — | https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2008-1802 |
ubuntu
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medium | CVE-2008-1802 medium priority: Ubuntu including 1 source packages (rdesktop), 5 status rows across 5 suites (dapper, feisty, gutsy, hardy, upstream): released 4, not-affected 1. | https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2008-1802 |
Not vulnerable. This issue did not affect the versions of rdesktop as shipped with Red Hat Enterprise Linux 2.1, 3, 4, or 5.