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CVE-2026-112279

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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.

Severity
HIGH
CVSS score
7.1 (v4.0)
Vulnerability status
Deferred
Source identifier
Published
2026-10-19 14:17:05.977000
Last modified
2026-10-19 21:14:14.150000
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  "lastModified": "2026-10-19T21:14:14.150",
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