Out-of-bounds Read Affecting freerdp package, versions <2:2.4.1-5.el9


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

Based on AlmaLinux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.17% (38th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-ALMALINUX9-FREERDP-5654557
  • published28 May 2023
  • disclosed9 May 2023

Introduced: 9 May 2023

CVE-2022-39316  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-125  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade AlmaLinux:9 freerdp to version 2:2.4.1-5.el9 or higher.
This issue was patched in ALSA-2023:2326.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream freerdp package and not the freerdp package as distributed by AlmaLinux. See How to fix? for AlmaLinux:9 relevant fixed versions and status.

FreeRDP is a free remote desktop protocol library and clients. In affected versions there is an out of bound read in ZGFX decoder component of FreeRDP. A malicious server can trick a FreeRDP based client to read out of bound data and try to decode it likely resulting in a crash. This issue has been addressed in the 2.9.0 release. Users are advised to upgrade.

CVSS Base Scores

version 3.1