Out-of-bounds Read Affecting freerdp package, versions <1.1.0~git20140921.1.440916e+dfsg1-5ubuntu1.4


Severity

Recommended
medium

Based on Ubuntu security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.24% (62nd percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UBUNTU1604-FREERDP-571348
  • published8 May 2020
  • disclosed7 May 2020

Introduced: 7 May 2020

CVE-2020-11045  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-125  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Ubuntu:16.04 freerdp to version 1.1.0~git20140921.1.440916e+dfsg1-5ubuntu1.4 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 Ubuntu. See How to fix? for Ubuntu:16.04 relevant fixed versions and status.

In FreeRDP after 1.0 and before 2.0.0, there is an out-of-bound read in in update_read_bitmap_data that allows client memory to be read to an image buffer. The result displayed on screen as colour.

CVSS Scores

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