Critical
Security advisory
FreeRDP prior to version 2.0.0-rc4 contains an Integer Truncation that leads to a Heap-Based Buffer Overflow in function update_read_bitmap_update() and results in a memory corruption and probably even a remote code execution.
- Products
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- Affected versions
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- Fixed versions
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- CVEs
- CVE-2018-8786
- Confirmed fixed CVEs
- Not specified
- Updated in this feed
- 31 Oct 2026, 12:27 UTC · Revision 1
Source evidence
FreeRDP prior to version 2.0.0-rc4 contains an Integer Truncation that leads to a Heap-Based Buffer Overflow in function update_read_bitmap_update() and results in a memory corruption and probably even a remote code execution.
osv:CVE-2018-8786
Complete source record
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