NULL Pointer Dereference Affecting freerdp/freerdp package, versions [0,]


Severity

Recommended
0.0
high
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.05% (16th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UNMANAGED-FREERDPFREERDP-10360237
  • published15 Jun 2025
  • disclosed13 May 2025
  • creditUnknown

Introduced: 13 May 2025

CVE-2025-4478  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-476  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

There is no fixed version for freerdp/freerdp.

Overview

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to NULL Pointer Dereference through the handling of a crafted RDP packet. An attacker can cause the service to crash and remain defunct, resulting in a system outage by sending a malformed RDP packet.

CVSS Base Scores

version 4.0
version 3.1