CVE-2018-8786 is a critical vulnerability in FreeRDP versions prior to 2.0.0-rc4, affecting products from vendors like Canonical, Debian, Fedora, and Red Hat. It involves an integer truncation leading to a heap-based buffer overflow, potentially causing memory corruption and remote code execution. With a CVSS score of 9.8, this vulnerability is easily exploitable over the network without user interaction, allowing for complete compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability. While no public exploit code or active exploitation has been observed, and community discussion is minimal, its high severity warrants attention.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
<= 1.2.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:freerdp:freerdp:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
2.0.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:freerdp:freerdp:2.0.0:rc1:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
2.0.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:freerdp:freerdp:2.0.0:rc2:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
2.0.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:freerdp:freerdp:2.0.0:rc3:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
14.04CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:14.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
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