CVE-2026-112279
rdesktop through 1.9.0 contains a heap out-of-bounds read vulnerability in process_bmpcache2() in…
- Risk score
- 44/100
- CVSS
- 6.5 v3.1
- Exploit chance (30 days)
- 0.3%
- Published
- 19 Oct 2026
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What to know
- What it is
- rdesktop through 1.9.0 contains a heap out-of-bounds read vulnerability in process_bmpcache2() in orders.c that allows malicious RDP servers to crash clients via crafted revision-2 bitmap cache orders. Attackers can send an uncompressed order with large width/height or an underflowing mode nibble and short payload, ca…
- Affected
- See advisory
- Fix
- Apply the vendor's security update; see the linked advisory.
- Exploitation
- No known exploitation
Why it is Yellow
- CVSS 6.5 medium
References
- https://github.com/rdesktop/rdesktop/blob/v1.9.0/orders.c
- https://github.com/rdesktop/rdesktop/issues/436
- https://github.com/rdesktop/rdesktop/pull/437
- https://hackmd.io/@haindpwn/rdesktop-bitmap-decompress-oob-read
- https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/rdesktop-through-1.9.0-heap-out-of-bounds-read-via-process-bmpcache2
- https://hackmd.io/@haindpwn/rdesktop-bitmap-decompress-oob-read
Original description
rdesktop through 1.9.0 contains a heap out-of-bounds read vulnerability in process_bmpcache2() in orders.c that allows malicious RDP servers to crash clients via crafted revision-2 bitmap cache orders. Attackers can send an uncompressed order with large width/height or an underflowing mode nibble and short payload, causing memcpy() reads past the receive buffer and denial of service.
Last activity 19 Oct 2026. Patch Forecast updates every hour.