cve/2018/CVE-2018-8788.md

### [CVE-2018-8788](https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2018-8788)
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### Description

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.

### POC

#### Reference
- https://research.checkpoint.com/reverse-rdp-attack-code-execution-on-rdp-clients/
- https://research.checkpoint.com/reverse-rdp-attack-code-execution-on-rdp-clients/

#### Github
No PoCs found on GitHub currently.