CVEvulnerability
CVE-2018-8785
9.8 CRITICAL
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- Status
- Modified
- Published
- 2018-11-29
- Last modified
- 2026-06-17
- Assigner
- [email protected]
- CVSS 3.1 ([email protected])
- 9.8 CRITICAL — CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
- 7.5 HIGH — AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
- Weaknesses
- CWE-120, CWE-787
Description
FreeRDP prior to version 2.0.0-rc4 contains a Heap-Based Buffer Overflow in function zgfx_decompress() that results in a memory corruption and probably even a remote code execution.
Affected configurations
• freerdp freerdp (<= 1.2.0)
• freerdp freerdp 2.0.0
• canonical ubuntu linux 18.04
• canonical ubuntu linux 18.10
Related
References
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/106938 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://github.com/FreeRDP/FreeRDP/commit/602f4a2e14b41703b5f431de3154cd46a5750a2d Patch, Vendor Advisory
- https://research.checkpoint.com/reverse-rdp-attack-code-execution-on-rdp-clients/ Exploit, Third Party Advisory
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/3845-1/ Third Party Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/106938 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://github.com/FreeRDP/FreeRDP/commit/602f4a2e14b41703b5f431de3154cd46a5750a2d Patch, Vendor Advisory
- https://research.checkpoint.com/reverse-rdp-attack-code-execution-on-rdp-clients/ Exploit, Third Party Advisory
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/3845-1/ Third Party Advisory