Buffer Overflow Affecting freerdp/freerdp package, versions [,2.11.0)[3.0.0-beta1,3.0.0-beta3)


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

Exploit Maturity
Proof of Concept
EPSS
0.53% (78th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UNMANAGED-FREERDPFREERDP-5880484
  • published4 Sept 2023
  • disclosed31 Aug 2023
  • creditUnknown

Introduced: 31 Aug 2023

CVE-2023-40589  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-120  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade freerdp/freerdp to version 2.11.0, 3.0.0-beta3 or higher.

Overview

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Buffer Overflow via the ncrush_decompress function.

References

CVSS Base Scores

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