Out-of-bounds Read Affecting libwinpr-devel package, versions <2:2.11.2-1.el9


Severity

Recommended
medium

Based on Red Hat Enterprise Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.46% (76th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-RHEL9-LIBWINPRDEVEL-5883267
  • published6 Sept 2023
  • disclosed1 Sept 2023

Introduced: 1 Sep 2023

CVE-2023-40188  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-125  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade RHEL:9 libwinpr-devel to version 2:2.11.2-1.el9 or higher.
This issue was patched in RHSA-2024:2208.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream libwinpr-devel package and not the libwinpr-devel package as distributed by RHEL. See How to fix? for RHEL:9 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 Read in the general_LumaToYUV444 function. This Out-Of-Bounds Read occurs because processing is done on the in variable without checking if it contains data of sufficient length. Insufficient data for the in variable may cause errors or crashes. 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 Scores

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