CVE-2018-8789
Ubuntu Security Notice USN-3845-1
Severity Score
Exploit Likelihood
Affected Versions
Public Exploits
1Exploited in Wild
-Decision
Descriptions
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).
FreeRDP en versiones anteriores a la 2.0.0-rc4 contiene varias lecturas fuera de límites en el módulgo NTLM Authentication que resulta en una denegación de servicio (fallo de segmentación).
Eyal Itkin discovered FreeRDP incorrectly handled certain stream encodings. A malicious server could use this issue to cause FreeRDP to crash, resulting in a denial of service, or possibly execute arbitrary code. This issue only applies to Ubuntu 18.04 LTS and Ubuntu 18.10. Eyal Itkin discovered FreeRDP incorrectly handled bitmaps. A malicious server could use this issue to cause FreeRDP to crash, resulting in a denial of service, or possibly execute arbitrary code. Various other issues were also addressed.
CVSS Scores
SSVC
- Decision:-
Timeline
- 2018-03-19 CVE Reserved
- 2018-11-29 CVE Published
- 2024-09-16 CVE Updated
- 2024-09-16 First Exploit
- 2025-03-30 EPSS Updated
- ---------- Exploited in Wild
- ---------- KEV Due Date
CWE
- CWE-125: Out-of-bounds Read
- CWE-126: Buffer Over-read
CAPEC
References (6)
| URL | Tag | Source |
|---|---|---|
| http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/106938 | Third Party Advisory | |
| https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/02/msg00015.html | Mailing List |
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| URL | Date | SRC |
|---|---|---|
| https://research.checkpoint.com/reverse-rdp-attack-code-execution-on-rdp-clients | 2024-09-16 |
| URL | Date | SRC |
|---|---|---|
| https://github.com/FreeRDP/FreeRDP/commit/2ee663f39dc8dac3d9988e847db19b2d7e3ac8c6 | 2019-06-03 |
| URL | Date | SRC |
|---|---|---|
| https://usn.ubuntu.com/3845-1 | 2019-06-03 | |
| https://usn.ubuntu.com/3845-2 | 2019-06-03 |
Affected Vendors, Products, and Versions
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| Vendor | Product | Version | Other | Status | <-- --> | Vendor | Product | Version | Other | Status |
| Freerdp Search vendor "Freerdp" | Freerdp Search vendor "Freerdp" for product "Freerdp" | <= 1.2.0 Search vendor "Freerdp" for product "Freerdp" and version " <= 1.2.0" | - |
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| Freerdp Search vendor "Freerdp" | Freerdp Search vendor "Freerdp" for product "Freerdp" | 2.0.0 Search vendor "Freerdp" for product "Freerdp" and version "2.0.0" | rc1 |
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| Freerdp Search vendor "Freerdp" | Freerdp Search vendor "Freerdp" for product "Freerdp" | 2.0.0 Search vendor "Freerdp" for product "Freerdp" and version "2.0.0" | rc2 |
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| Freerdp Search vendor "Freerdp" | Freerdp Search vendor "Freerdp" for product "Freerdp" | 2.0.0 Search vendor "Freerdp" for product "Freerdp" and version "2.0.0" | rc3 |
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| Canonical Search vendor "Canonical" | Ubuntu Linux Search vendor "Canonical" for product "Ubuntu Linux" | 14.04 Search vendor "Canonical" for product "Ubuntu Linux" and version "14.04" | lts |
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| Canonical Search vendor "Canonical" | Ubuntu Linux Search vendor "Canonical" for product "Ubuntu Linux" | 16.04 Search vendor "Canonical" for product "Ubuntu Linux" and version "16.04" | lts |
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| Canonical Search vendor "Canonical" | Ubuntu Linux Search vendor "Canonical" for product "Ubuntu Linux" | 18.04 Search vendor "Canonical" for product "Ubuntu Linux" and version "18.04" | lts |
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| Canonical Search vendor "Canonical" | Ubuntu Linux Search vendor "Canonical" for product "Ubuntu Linux" | 18.10 Search vendor "Canonical" for product "Ubuntu Linux" and version "18.10" | - |
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| Debian Search vendor "Debian" | Debian Linux Search vendor "Debian" for product "Debian Linux" | 8.0 Search vendor "Debian" for product "Debian Linux" and version "8.0" | - |
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