CVE-2018-8788

N/A
Published: November 29, 2018 at 05:00 PM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 02:05 AM UTC
3 products affected across 3 vendorsDebian LinuxUbuntu LinuxFreeRDP

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Severity
N/A
Exploit prediction
EPSS 7%

Description

FreeRDP prior to version 2.0.0-rc4 contains an Out-Of-Bounds Write of up to 4 bytes in function nsc_rle_decode() that results in a memory corruption and possibly even a remote code execution.

Affected

Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.

v ≤ 1.2.0v < 2.0.0-rc42.0.0 rc12.0.0 rc22.0.0 rc3
Affected range stops below 2.0.0-rc4, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement

Remediation

No guide yet

No remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:

References (7)

VDB Entryx_refsource_BIDThird Party Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/106938
Mailing Listx_refsource_MLISTThird Party Advisory
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/02/msg00015.html
Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUThird Party Advisory
https://usn.ubuntu.com/3845-1/
Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTU
https://usn.ubuntu.com/3845-2/

CVSS

Confidentiality
PARTIAL
Integrity
PARTIAL
Availability
PARTIAL
Vector?

Quick Info

StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-787

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