Critical severity · published Aug 31, 2023
CVE-2023-40181
FreeRDP is a free implementation of the Remote Desktop Protocol (RDP), released under the Apache license
9.1
CVSS
1.7%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
FreeRDP is a free implementation of the Remote Desktop Protocol (RDP), released under the Apache license. Affected versions are subject to an Integer-Underflow leading to Out-Of-Bound Read in the `zgfx_decompress_segment` function. In the context of `CopyMemory`, it's possible to read data beyond the transmitted packet range and likely cause a crash. This issue has been addressed in versions 2.11.0 and 3.0.0-beta3. Users are advised to upgrade. There are no known workarounds for this issue.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:H
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
None
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
None
Availability
High
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)1.7% · higher than 77% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
DL
Debian Linux · Debian
10.0 · source: NVD
FE
Fedora · Fedoraproject
37; 38; 39 · source: NVD
FR
Freerdp · Freerdp
before 2.11.0; 3.0.0; 3.0.0 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-40181
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2023-40181
Issue Tracking
https://github.com/FreeRDP/FreeRDP/blob/2252d53001d9ce8a452f0a0a5b1f5ed9db6d57f1/libfreerdp/codec/zgfx.c#L256-L261
Issue Tracking
https://github.com/FreeRDP/FreeRDP/blob/2252d53001d9ce8a452f0a0a5b1f5ed9db6d57f1/libfreerdp/codec/zgfx.c#L334-L355
Exploit
https://github.com/FreeRDP/FreeRDP/security/advisories/GHSA-mxp4-rx7x-h2g8
Mailing List
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2023/10/msg00008.html
Mailing List
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/A6LLDAPEXRDJOM3PREDDD267SSNT77DP/
Mailing List
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/IHMTGKCZXJPQOR5ZD2I4GPDNP2DKRXMF/
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