CVE-2018-8787
- Source
- https://cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2018-8787
- Import Source
- https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2018-8787.json
- JSON Data
- https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/CVE-2018-8787
- Downstream
DEBIAN (1)
MGASA (1)
openSUSE (2)
RHSA (1)
UBUNTU (1)
- Related
- Published
- 2018-11-29T18:29:00Z
- Modified
- 2026-08-07T14:59:40Z
- Severity
-
- 9.8 (Critical) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H CVSS Calculator
- Summary
- [none]
- Details
-
FreeRDP prior to version 2.0.0-rc4 contains an Integer Overflow that leads to a Heap-Based Buffer Overflow in function gdi_Bitmap_Decompress() and results in a memory corruption and probably even a remote code execution.
- Database specific
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- 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/09b9d4f1994a674c4ec85b4947aa656eda1aed8a
- https://research.checkpoint.com/reverse-rdp-attack-code-execution-on-rdp-clients/
Affected packages
Git / github.com/freerdp/freerdp
Affected ranges
- Type
- GIT
- Repo
- https://github.com/freerdp/freerdp
- Events
-
IntroducedLast AffectedFixed
- Database specific
-
Show details
{ "cpe": [ "cpe:2.3:a:freerdp:freerdp:2.0.0:rc1:*:*:*:*:*:*", "cpe:2.3:a:freerdp:freerdp:2.0.0:rc2:*:*:*:*:*:*", "cpe:2.3:a:freerdp:freerdp:2.0.0:rc3:*:*:*:*:*:*" ], "extracted_events": [ { "introduced": "2.0.0-rc1" }, { "last_affected": "2.0.0-rc1" }, { "introduced": "2.0.0-rc2" }, { "last_affected": "2.0.0-rc2" }, { "introduced": "2.0.0-rc3" }, { "last_affected": "2.0.0-rc3" } ], "source": [ "CPE_STRING", "REFERENCES" ] }
Database specific
source
"https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2018-8787.json"
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vanir_signatures_modified
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