Out-of-bounds Read Affecting freerdp/freerdp package, versions [,2.0.0)


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.35% (72nd percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UNMANAGED-FREERDPFREERDP-2319413
  • published14 Dec 2021
  • disclosed20 Dec 2018
  • creditUnknown

Introduced: 20 Dec 2018

CVE-2018-1000852  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-125  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade freerdp/freerdp to version 2.0.0 or higher.

Overview

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Out-of-bounds Read. FreeRDP FreeRDP 2.0.0-rc3 released version before commit 205c612820dac644d665b5bb1cdf437dc5ca01e3 contains a Other/Unknown vulnerability in channels/drdynvc/client/drdynvc_main.c, drdynvc_process_capability_request that can result in The RDP server can read the client's memory.. This attack appear to be exploitable via RDPClient must connect the rdp server with echo option. This vulnerability appears to have been fixed in after commit 205c612820dac644d665b5bb1cdf437dc5ca01e3.

CVSS Base Scores

version 3.1