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Out-of-bounds Write Affecting freerdp package, versions <1.1.0~git20140921.1.440916e+dfsg1-5ubuntu1.3

Severity

 Recommended
medium

Based on Ubuntu security rating

    Threat Intelligence

    EPSS
    10% (95th percentile)

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  • Snyk ID SNYK-UBUNTU1604-FREERDP-288346
  • published 29 Nov 2018
  • disclosed 29 Nov 2018
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Introduced: 29 Nov 2018

CVE-2018-8788 Open this link in a new tab
CWE-787 Open this link in a new tab

How to fix?

Upgrade Ubuntu:16.04 freerdp to version 1.1.0~git20140921.1.440916e+dfsg1-5ubuntu1.3 or higher.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream freerdp package and not the freerdp package as distributed by Ubuntu. See How to fix? for Ubuntu:16.04 relevant fixed versions and status.

FreeRDP prior to version 2.0.0-rc4 contains an Out-Of-Bounds Write of up to 4 bytes in function nsc_rle_decode() that results in a memory corruption and possibly even a remote code execution.