Out-of-bounds Write Affecting freerdp2 package, versions <2.0.0~git20181120.1.e21b72c95+dfsg1-1


Severity

Recommended
0.0
critical
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
3.57% (92nd percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-DEBIAN12-FREERDP2-1546457
  • published29 Nov 2018
  • disclosed29 Nov 2018

Introduced: 29 Nov 2018

CVE-2018-8785  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-787  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Debian:12 freerdp2 to version 2.0.0~git20181120.1.e21b72c95+dfsg1-1 or higher.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream freerdp2 package and not the freerdp2 package as distributed by Debian. See How to fix? for Debian:12 relevant fixed versions and status.

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.

CVSS Scores

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