Integer Overflow or Wraparound Affecting freerdp2 package, versions <2.3.0+dfsg1-2+deb11u2


Severity

Recommended
0.0
critical
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.11% (29th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-DEBIAN11-FREERDP2-5877653
  • published1 Sept 2023
  • disclosed31 Aug 2023

Introduced: 31 Aug 2023

CVE-2023-40186  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-190  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-787  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Debian:11 freerdp2 to version 2.3.0+dfsg1-2+deb11u2 or higher.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream freerdp2 package and not the freerdp2 package as distributed by Debian. See How to fix? for Debian:11 relevant fixed versions and status.

FreeRDP is a free implementation of the Remote Desktop Protocol (RDP), released under the Apache license. Affected versions are subject to an IntegerOverflow leading to Out-Of-Bound Write Vulnerability in the gdi_CreateSurface function. This issue affects FreeRDP based clients only. FreeRDP proxies are not affected as image decoding is not done by a proxy. This issue has been addressed in versions 2.11.0 and 3.0.0-beta3. Users are advised to upgrade. There are no known workarounds for this issue.

CVSS Base Scores

version 3.1