CVE-2018-8789

HIGH

FreeRDP <2.0.0-rc4 - DoS

Title source: llm

Description

FreeRDP prior to version 2.0.0-rc4 contains several Out-Of-Bounds Reads in the NTLM Authentication module that results in a Denial of Service (segfault).

References (6)

[Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry] http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/106938

[Patch, Vendor Advisory] https://github.com/FreeRDP/FreeRDP/commit/2ee663f39dc8dac3d9988e847db19b2d7e3ac8c6

View Patch ZIP pw:eip

[Mailing List, Third Party Advisory] https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/02/msg00015.html

[Exploit, Third Party Advisory] https://research.checkpoint.com/reverse-rdp-attack-code-execution-on-rdp-clients/

[Third Party Advisory] https://usn.ubuntu.com/3845-1/

[Vendor Advisory] https://usn.ubuntu.com/3845-2/

Scores

CVSS v3 7.5

EPSS 0.0165

EPSS Percentile 81.8%

Attack Vector NETWORK

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Classification

CWE

CWE-125 CWE-126

Status published

Affected Products (9)

freerdp/freerdp < 1.2.0

freerdp/freerdp

canonical/ubuntu_linux

debian/debian_linux

Timeline

Published Nov 29, 2018

Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026