CVE-2018-8787
CRITICAL
9.8
CVSS Score
Published: November 29, 2018 at 05:00 PM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 02:05 AM UTC
9 products affected across 4 vendorsDebian LinuxUbuntu LinuxEnterprise Linux Desktop
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Severity
CRITICAL9.8
Exploit prediction
EPSS 8%
Description
FreeRDP prior to version 2.0.0-rc4 contains an Integer Overflow that leads to a Heap-Based Buffer Overflow in function gdi_Bitmap_Decompress() and results in a memory corruption and probably even a remote code execution.
Affected
Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.
Ubuntu Linux· Canonicalrubygems
95%Debian Linux· Debiandrupal
95%Affected range stops below 2.0.0-rc4, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
95%
Enterprise Linux Server· Red Hatrubygems
95%95%
95%
95%
Remediation
No guide yetNo remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:
References (7)
VDB Entryx_refsource_BIDThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/106938Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_REDHATThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:0697x_refsource_CONFIRMPatchVendor Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://github.com/FreeRDP/FreeRDP/commit/09b9d4f1994a674c4ec85b4947aa656eda1aed8aMailing Listx_refsource_MLISTThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/02/msg00015.htmlx_refsource_CONFIRMExploitThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://research.checkpoint.com/reverse-rdp-attack-code-execution-on-rdp-clients/Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://usn.ubuntu.com/3845-1/Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://usn.ubuntu.com/3845-2/CVSS
- Attack Vector
- NETWORK
- Complexity
- LOW
- Privileges
- NONE
- User Interaction
- NONE
- Scope
- UNCHANGED
- Confidentiality
- HIGH
- Integrity
- HIGH
- Availability
- HIGH
Vector?
Quick Info
StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-680CWE-190CWE-787
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