CVE-2018-8784

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Source
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-8784
Import Source
https://storage.googleapis.com/osv-test-cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2018-8784.json
JSON Data
https://api.test.osv.dev/v1/vulns/CVE-2018-8784
Downstream
Related
Published
2018-11-29T18:29:00.803Z
Modified
2025-11-14T09:00:18.704698Z
Severity
  • 9.8 (Critical) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H CVSS Calculator
Summary
[none]
Details

FreeRDP prior to version 2.0.0-rc4 contains a Heap-Based Buffer Overflow in function zgfxdecompresssegment() that results in a memory corruption and probably even a remote code execution.

References

Affected packages

Git / github.com/freerdp/freerdp

Affected ranges

Type
GIT
Repo
https://github.com/freerdp/freerdp
Events
Introduced
0 Unknown introduced commit / All previous commits are affected
Fixed
17c363a5162fd4dc77b1df54e48d7bd9bf6b3be7

Affected versions

1.*

1.0-beta1
1.0-beta2
1.0-beta3
1.0-beta4
1.0-beta5
1.0.0
1.0.1
1.1.0-beta+2013071101
1.1.0-beta1
1.1.0-beta1+android2
1.1.0-beta1+android3
1.1.0-beta1+android4
1.1.0-beta1+android5
1.1.0-beta1+ios1
1.1.0-beta1+ios2
1.1.0-beta1+ios3
1.1.0-beta1+ios4
1.2.0-beta1+android7
1.2.0-beta1+android9

2.*

2.0.0-beta1+android10
2.0.0-beta1+android11
2.0.0-rc0
2.0.0-rc1
2.0.0-rc2
2.0.0-rc3

Database specific

vanir_signatures

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            "function": "zgfx_GetBits",
            "file": "libfreerdp/codec/zgfx.c"
        },
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