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FKIE_CVE-2018-8789

Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2018-11-29 18:29 - Updated: 2026-06-17 02:05
Severity
7.5 (High) - CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Summary
FreeRDP prior to version 2.0.0-rc4 contains several Out-Of-Bounds Reads in the NTLM Authentication module that results in a Denial of Service (segfault).
References
cve@checkpoint.comhttp://www.securityfocus.com/bid/106938Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
cve@checkpoint.comhttps://github.com/FreeRDP/FreeRDP/commit/2ee663f39dc8dac3d9988e847db19b2d7e3ac8c6Patch, Vendor Advisory
cve@checkpoint.comhttps://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/02/msg00015.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
cve@checkpoint.comhttps://research.checkpoint.com/reverse-rdp-attack-code-execution-on-rdp-clients/Exploit, Third Party Advisory
cve@checkpoint.comhttps://usn.ubuntu.com/3845-1/Third Party Advisory
cve@checkpoint.comhttps://usn.ubuntu.com/3845-2/
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/106938Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://github.com/FreeRDP/FreeRDP/commit/2ee663f39dc8dac3d9988e847db19b2d7e3ac8c6Patch, Vendor Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/02/msg00015.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://research.checkpoint.com/reverse-rdp-attack-code-execution-on-rdp-clients/Exploit, Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://usn.ubuntu.com/3845-1/Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://usn.ubuntu.com/3845-2/
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
freerdp freerdp *
freerdp freerdp 2.0.0
freerdp freerdp 2.0.0
freerdp freerdp 2.0.0
canonical ubuntu_linux 14.04
canonical ubuntu_linux 16.04
canonical ubuntu_linux 18.04
canonical ubuntu_linux 18.10
debian debian_linux 8.0
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