CVE-2018-8786

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    CVE-2018-8786

    Published: 29 Nov 2018Last Modified: 7 Aug 2026

    Summary:

    Details: FreeRDP prior to version 2.0.0-rc4 contains an Integer Truncation that leads to a Heap-Based Buffer Overflow in function update_read_bitmap_update() and results in a memory corruption and probably even a remote code execution.

    References: https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/YVJKO2DR5EY4C4QZOP7SNNBEW2JW6FHX/, http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/106938, https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:0697, https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/02/msg00015.html, https://usn.ubuntu.com/3845-1/, https://usn.ubuntu.com/3845-2/, https://github.com/FreeRDP/FreeRDP/commit/445a5a42c500ceb80f8fa7f2c11f3682538033f3, https://research.checkpoint.com/reverse-rdp-attack-code-execution-on-rdp-clients/

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name:

    Purl:

    Affected ranges

    Type: GIT

    Events:

    Introduced- 84f8161897534d9263ffebe43092827d40fc7ffb
    Fixed -None

    Affected versions

    2.0.0-rc1
    2.0.0-rc2
    2.0.0-rc3

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High