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freerdp2 — security advisory
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.
- Products
- freerdp2
- Affected versions
- Not specified
- Fixed versions
- 2.0.0~git20181120.1.e21b72c95+dfsg1-1
- CVEs
- CVE-2018-8788
- Confirmed fixed CVEs
- Not specified
- Updated in this feed
- 1 Nov 2026, 00:16 UTC · Revision 1
Source evidence
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.
osv:DEBIAN-CVE-2018-8788
freerdp2
Fixed versions: 2.0.0~git20181120.1.e21b72c95+dfsg1-1
Complete source record
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"url": "https://osv.dev/vulnerability/DEBIAN-CVE-2018-8788",
"method": "structured",
"payload": {
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"title": "DEBIAN-CVE-2018-8788",
"summary": "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.",
"evidence": "osv:DEBIAN-CVE-2018-8788",
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"type": "CVSS_V3",
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"package": {
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"purl": "pkg:deb/debian/freerdp2?arch=source&distro=bookworm",
"ecosystem": "Debian:12"
},
"database_specific": {
"source": "https://storage.googleapis.com/debian-osv/debian-cve-osv/DEBIAN-CVE-2018-8788.json"
},
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"urgency": "not yet assigned"
}
}
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"modified": "2026-10-23T18:03:09.475803099Z",
"provider": "osv",
"upstream": [
"CVE-2018-8788"
],
"references": [
"https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2018-8788"
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},
"source_id": "core-osv",
"document_id": 420617,
"published_at": "2018-11-29T18:29:00.99+00:00"
}