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CVE-2018-8788

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FAUCET Score

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.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(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 Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.0

9.8CRITICAL

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
HIGH
Exploitability Score
3.9
Impact Score
5.9
CvssVersion
3.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
7.40%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
93.8%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0740 is in the 89th percentile among its peer group of 36,897 CVEs.

Social Chatter

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.

Media 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.

Remediation

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (3)

github_advisorypatch availablevia nvd_reference
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7Fixed in: freerdp-0:1.0.2-15.el7_6.1
View patch
redhatend of lifevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6Fixed in: freerdp

Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2018-8788Important

freerdp: Out-of-bounds write in nsc_rle_decode() function

Oct 22, 2018

References

access.redhat.com / errata/RHSA-2019:0697
github.com / FreeRDP/FreeRDP/commit/d1112c279bd1a327e8e4d0b5f371458bf2579659
PatchVendor Advisory
lists.debian.org / debian-lts-announce/2019/02/msg00015.html
Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
research.checkpoint.com / reverse-rdp-attack-code-execution-on-rdp-clients
ExploitThird Party Advisory
usn.ubuntu.com / 3845-1
Third Party Advisory
usn.ubuntu.com / 3845-2
securityfocus.com / bid/106938
Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry