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


Severity

Recommended
low

Based on Ubuntu security rating

    Threat Intelligence

    EPSS
    0.05% (18th percentile)

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  • Snyk ID SNYK-UBUNTU1604-FREERDP-571358
  • published 22 May 2020
  • disclosed 22 May 2020

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.

An issue was discovered in FreeRDP before 2.1.1. An out-of-bounds (OOB) read vulnerability has been detected in security_fips_decrypt in libfreerdp/core/security.c due to an uninitialized value.

CVSS Scores

version 3.1
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NVD

5.5 medium
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Red Hat

6.1 medium
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SUSE

5.5 medium