Integer Overflow or Wraparound Affecting freerdp package, versions <2.0.0-r0


Severity

Recommended
0.0
low
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.24% (48th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-ALPINE323-FREERDP-14180130
  • published4 Dec 2025
  • disclosed15 May 2020

Introduced: 15 May 2020

CVE-2020-11526  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-190  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Alpine:3.23 freerdp to version 2.0.0-r0 or higher.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream freerdp package and not the freerdp package as distributed by Alpine. See How to fix? for Alpine:3.23 relevant fixed versions and status.

libfreerdp/core/update.c in FreeRDP versions > 1.1 through 2.0.0-rc4 has an Out-of-bounds Read.

CVSS Base Scores

version 3.1