High severity · published Oct 12, 2022
CVE-2022-39283
FreeRDP may read and display out of bounds data
7.5
CVSS
1.4%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
FreeRDP is a free remote desktop protocol library and clients. All FreeRDP based clients when using the `/video` command line switch might read uninitialized data, decode it as audio/video and display the result. FreeRDP based server implementations are not affected. This issue has been patched in version 2.8.1. If you cannot upgrade do not use the `/video` switch.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
None
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
None
Availability
None
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)1.4% · higher than 72% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
FR
FreeRDP · FreeRDP
<= 2.8.0 · source: vendor, NVD
FE
Fedora · Fedoraproject
35; 36; 37 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-39283
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2022-39283
Release Notes
https://github.com/FreeRDP/FreeRDP/releases/tag/2.8.1
Third Party Advisory
https://github.com/FreeRDP/FreeRDP/security/advisories/GHSA-6cf9-3328-qrvh
lists.debian.org
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2023/11/msg00010.html
lists.fedoraproject.org
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/HEWWYMGWIMD4RDCOGHWMZXUMBGZHC5NW/
lists.fedoraproject.org
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/RLZCF7YHNC5BECDPEJNAZUYGNNM7NFME/
lists.fedoraproject.org
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/UDOTAOJBCZKREZJPT6VZ25GESI5T6RBG/
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