Is CVE-2018-8798 in the CISA KEV catalog?

No. CVE-2018-8798 is not currently on the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities list.

What is the CVSS severity of CVE-2018-8798?

CVE-2018-8798 has a CVSS v3 base score of 7.5 (HIGH).

What is the EPSS score for CVE-2018-8798?

CVE-2018-8798 has an EPSS score of 3.83% (89th percentile), estimating the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days.

How do I fix CVE-2018-8798?

Upgrade rdesktop on debian 11 to 1.8.4-1 or later.

CVE & CISA-KEV Catalog

CVE-2018-8798

HIGHEPSS 89th pctl

7.5

CVSS v3

NVD

Description

rdesktop versions up to and including v1.8.3 contain an Out-Of-Bounds Read in function rdpsnd_process_ping() that results in an information leak.

CWE-126Buffer Over-read CWE-125Out-of-bounds Read

How to fix

Remediation Available

rdesktopDebian

Fixed in:1.8.4-1CVE-2018-8798

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CVSS v3 Vector

Exploitability

Attack VectorNetwork

Attack ComplexityLow

Privileges RequiredNone

User InteractionNone

ScopeUnchanged

Impact

ConfidentialityHigh

IntegrityNone

AvailabilityNone

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

Exploit Intelligence

3.83%probability of exploitation in 30 days

89thpercentile

Elevated risk: more likely to be exploited than 89% of all known CVEs.

References

Patch1

github.com

Third-Party Advisory5

Other references1

lists.opensuse.org

Related Vulnerabilities

Other CWE-126 (Buffer Over-read) vulnerabilities, ordered by exploit likelihood. View all

CVE	Severity	CVSS	EPSS	Exploited	Fix
CVE-2023-49285	High	8.6	89%	-	Fix
CVE-2017-7668	High	7.5	57%	-	Fix
CVE-2017-7679	Critical	9.8	39%	-	Fix
CVE-2025-21277	High	7.5	38%	-	Fix
CVE-2024-38071	High	7.5	36%	-	Fix
CVE-2009-2495	Medium	6.5	34%	-	-

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