Is CVE-2018-8786 being actively exploited?

CVE-2018-8786 is not currently listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog.

What is the CVSS score for CVE-2018-8786?

CVE-2018-8786 has a CVSS 3.1 base score of 9.8 (CRITICAL).

CVE-2018-8786

CRITICAL · CVSS 9.8EPSS 8.2%EU EUVD

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.

Key facts

CVSS score: 9.8 (v3.1)
Severity: CRITICAL
CVSS vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Weakness (CWE): CWE-680
EPSS score: 8.2% (95th percentile)
In CISA KEV: No
In EU EUVD: Yes (EUVD-2018-20395)
Published: November 29, 2018
NVD last modified: June 17, 2026
Status: Modified

EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)

This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2018-20395 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on September 17, 2024.

View on the EU Vulnerability Database

Affected products

canonical / ubuntu linux
canonical / ubuntu linux
canonical / ubuntu linux
canonical / ubuntu linux
debian / debian linux
fedoraproject / fedora
freerdp / freerdp
freerdp / freerdp
freerdp / freerdp
freerdp / freerdp
redhat / enterprise linux desktop
redhat / enterprise linux server
redhat / enterprise linux server aus
redhat / enterprise linux server eus
redhat / enterprise linux server tus
redhat / enterprise linux workstation

Certified products that may be affected

1 FIPS 140 or Common Criteria certified product, from automated matching by sec-certs.org.

Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.6 - Red Hat, Inc. - Common Criteria CCEVS-VR-VID-11039-2020 - archived

References

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/106938(Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry)
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:0697(Third Party Advisory)
https://github.com/FreeRDP/FreeRDP/commit/445a5a42c500ceb80f8fa7f2c11f3682538033f3(Patch, Vendor Advisory)
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/02/msg00015.html(Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/YVJKO2DR5EY4C4QZOP7SNNBEW2JW6FHX/
https://research.checkpoint.com/reverse-rdp-attack-code-execution-on-rdp-clients/(Exploit, Third Party Advisory)
https://usn.ubuntu.com/3845-1/(Third Party Advisory)
https://usn.ubuntu.com/3845-2/(Third Party Advisory)

Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS

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