Vulnerability Database

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Total vulnerabilities in the database

CVE-2018-8788

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.

  • Published: Nov 29, 2018
  • Updated: Nov 9, 2025
  • CVE: CVE-2018-8788
  • Severity: High
  • Exploit:

CVSS v2:

  • Severity: High
  • Score: 7.5
  • AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

CWEs:

Software From Fixed in
freerdp / freerdp 2.0.0-rc3 2.0.0-rc3.x
freerdp / freerdp 2.0.0-rc2 2.0.0-rc2.x
freerdp / freerdp 2.0.0-rc1 2.0.0-rc1.x
freerdp / freerdp - 1.2.0.x
canonical / ubuntu_linux 16.04 16.04.x
canonical / ubuntu_linux 14.04 14.04.x
canonical / ubuntu_linux 18.04 18.04.x
canonical / ubuntu_linux 18.10 18.10.x
debian / debian_linux 8.0 8.0.x