CVE-2018-8788 is a critical out-of-bounds write vulnerability in FreeRDP versions prior to 2.0.0-rc4, affecting various Canonical and Debian Linux distributions. With a CVSS score of 9.8, it allows unauthenticated remote attackers to achieve memory corruption and potentially remote code execution with low attack complexity. Despite its high severity, there is no known active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant 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:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
14.04CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:14.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.0
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
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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.