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CVE-2018-8788 (GCVE-0-2018-8788)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2018-11-29 17:00 – Updated: 2024-09-16 17:28
VLAI
Summary
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.
Severity
9.8 (Critical)
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CWE
Assigner
References
URL Tags
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https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019… mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
https://usn.ubuntu.com/3845-1/ vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTU
https://research.checkpoint.com/reverse-rdp-attac… x_refsource_CONFIRM
https://github.com/FreeRDP/FreeRDP/commit/d1112c2… x_refsource_CONFIRM
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:0697 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT
https://usn.ubuntu.com/3845-2/ vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTU
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version CPE status
Check Point Software Technologies Ltd. FreeRDP Affected: All versions prior to 2.0.0-rc4
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Date Public
2018-10-22 00:00
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