CVE-2023-40576 — Out-of-bounds Read in Freerdp
Severity
7.5HIGHNVD
CNA5.3
EPSS
0.1%
top 69.36%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
Timeline
PublishedAug 31
Latest updateSep 1
Description
FreeRDP is a free implementation of the Remote Desktop Protocol (RDP), released under the Apache license. Affected versions are subject to an Out-Of-Bounds Read in the `RleDecompress` function. This Out-Of-Bounds Read occurs because FreeRDP processes the `pbSrcBuffer` variable without checking if it contains data of sufficient length. Insufficient data in the `pbSrcBuffer` variable may cause errors or crashes. This issue has been addressed in version 3.0.0-beta3. Users are advised to upgrade. Th…
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:HExploitability: 3.9 | Impact: 3.6