High
Security advisory
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).
- Products
- Not specified
- Affected versions
- Not specified
- Fixed versions
- Not specified
- CVEs
- CVE-2018-8789
- 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 several Out-Of-Bounds Reads in the NTLM Authentication module that results in a Denial of Service (segfault).
osv:CVE-2018-8789
Complete source record
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