Out-of-bounds Write Affecting freerdp/freerdp package, versions [,2.0.0)


Severity

Recommended
0.0
critical
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
25.78% (97th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UNMANAGED-FREERDPFREERDP-2319407
  • published14 Dec 2021
  • disclosed29 Nov 2018
  • creditUnknown

Introduced: 29 Nov 2018

CVE-2018-8788  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-787  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade freerdp/freerdp to version 2.0.0 or higher.

Overview

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Out-of-bounds Write. 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.

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CVSS Base Scores

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