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CVE-2018-8786 Details

Description

FreeRDP prior to version 2.0.0-rc4 contains an Integer Truncation that leads to a Heap-Based Buffer Overflow in function update_read_bitmap_update() and results in a memory corruption and probably even a remote code execution.

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CVSS 3.x Severity and Vector Strings:

NIST: [email protected]CVSS-B:9.8 CRITICALVector:CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

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URLSource(s)Tag(s)
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:0697 CVEThird Party Advisory
https://github.com/FreeRDP/FreeRDP/commit/445a5a42c500ceb80f8fa7f2c11f3682538033f3 CVEPatchVendor Advisory
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/02/msg00015.html CVEMailing ListThird Party Advisory
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/YVJKO2DR5EY4C4QZOP7SNNBEW2JW6FHX/ CVE
https://research.checkpoint.com/reverse-rdp-attack-code-execution-on-rdp-clients/ CVEExploitThird Party Advisory

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Weakness Enumeration

CWE-IDCWE NameSource
CWE-681Incorrect Conversion between Numeric Types[email protected]
CWE-787Out-of-bounds Write[email protected]
CWE-680Integer Overflow to Buffer Overflow[email protected]

Affected Products

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Change History

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QUICK INFO

CVE Dictionary Entry:
CVE-2018-8786
NVD Published Date:
Nov 29, 2018
NVD Last Modified:
Jun 17, 2026
Source:
[email protected]
CVE-2018-8786 Details - Not Deferred