Out-of-bounds Write Affecting freerdp-devel package, versions *


Severity

Recommended
medium

Based on Red Hat Enterprise Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.31% (71st percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-RHEL6-FREERDPDEVEL-5884484
  • published6 Sept 2023
  • disclosed1 Sept 2023

Introduced: 1 Sep 2023

CVE-2023-40569  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-787  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

There is no fixed version for RHEL:6 freerdp-devel.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream freerdp-devel package and not the freerdp-devel package as distributed by RHEL. See How to fix? for RHEL:6 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 Out-Of-Bounds Write in the progressive_decompress function. This issue is likely down to incorrect calculations of the nXSrc and nYSrc variables. 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 vulnerability.

CVSS Scores

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