CVE-2018-8784 is a critical heap-based buffer overflow vulnerability in FreeRDP versions prior to 2.0.0-rc4, affecting products like canonical freerdp and ubuntu_linux. This flaw, located in the zgfx_decompress_segment() function, can lead to memory corruption and potentially remote code execution. With a CVSS score of 9.8, it is easily exploitable over the network with low attack complexity, allowing for full compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability. Despite its high severity, there is no evidence of active exploitation, no known public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), and minimal community discussion or media coverage.
| 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:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
18.04CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:18.04:*:*:*: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
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.3 Bluesky, 0.3 Mastodon, and 2.4 GitHub mentions.
No media coverage found for this CVE.
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.3 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.