CVE-2018-8785 (GCVE-0-2018-8785)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2018-11-29 17:00 – Updated: 2024-09-16 20:22
VLAI
Summary
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.
Severity
9.8 (Critical)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CWE
  • CWE-120 - Buffer Copy without Checking Size of Input ('Classic Buffer Overflow')
Assigner
References
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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