CVE-2020-9498 (GCVE-0-2020-9498)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2020-07-02 12:32 – Updated: 2024-08-04 10:34
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Summary
Apache Guacamole 1.1.0 and older may mishandle pointers involved inprocessing data received via RDP static virtual channels. If a userconnects to a malicious or compromised RDP server, a series ofspecially-crafted PDUs could result in memory corruption, possiblyallowing arbitrary code to be executed with the privileges of therunning guacd process.
Severity
No CVSS data available.
CWE
  • Expired Pointer Dereference
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Vendor Product Version
n/a Apache Guacamole Affected: Apache Guacamole 1.1.0 and older
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