CVE-2018-8785

high-risk
Published 2018-11-29

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

Do I need to act?

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13.0% chance of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS score — higher than 87% of all CVEs
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Not on CISA KEV list
No confirmed active exploitation reported to CISA
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Fix available
Upgrade to: 602f4a2e14b41703b5f431de3154cd46a5750a2d
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CVSS 9.8/10 Critical
NETWORK / LOW complexity

Affected Products (6)

Affected Vendors

Canonical Freerdp

References (8)

Third Party Advisory http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/106938
Patch https://github.com/FreeRDP/FreeRDP/commit/602f4a2e14b41703b5f431de3154cd46a5750a...
Exploit https://research.checkpoint.com/reverse-rdp-attack-code-execution-on-rdp-clients...
Third Party Advisory https://usn.ubuntu.com/3845-1/
Third Party Advisory http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/106938
Patch https://github.com/FreeRDP/FreeRDP/commit/602f4a2e14b41703b5f431de3154cd46a5750a...
Exploit https://research.checkpoint.com/reverse-rdp-attack-code-execution-on-rdp-clients...
Third Party Advisory https://usn.ubuntu.com/3845-1/
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high-risk
Severity 32/34 · Critical
Exploitability 12/34 · Low
Exposure 13/34 · Low