Description
FreeRDP is a free remote desktop protocol library and clients. In affected versions there is an out of bound read in ZGFX decoder component of FreeRDP. A malicious server can trick a FreeRDP based client to read out of bound data and try to decode it likely resulting in a crash. This issue has been addressed in the 2.9.0 release. Users are advised to upgrade.
Metrics
CVSS 3.1 5.7/10
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:HWeakness enumeration
Affected software
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
| FreeRDP | FreeRDP | < 2.9.0 |
References
- https://github.com/FreeRDP/FreeRDP/commit/e865c24efc40ebc52e75979c94cdd4ee2c1495b0Patch, Third Party Advisory
- https://github.com/FreeRDP/FreeRDP/security/advisories/GHSA-5w4j-mrrh-jjrmThird Party Advisory
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2023/11/msg00010.html
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/UDOTAOJBCZKREZJPT6VZ25GESI5T6RBG/
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/YGQN3OWQNHSMWKOF4D35PF5ASKNLC74B/
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202401-16
- https://github.com/FreeRDP/FreeRDP/commit/e865c24efc40ebc52e75979c94cdd4ee2c1495b0Patch, Third Party Advisory
- https://github.com/FreeRDP/FreeRDP/security/advisories/GHSA-5w4j-mrrh-jjrmThird Party Advisory
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2023/11/msg00010.html
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2025/02/msg00016.html
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/UDOTAOJBCZKREZJPT6VZ25GESI5T6RBG/
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/YGQN3OWQNHSMWKOF4D35PF5ASKNLC74B/
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202401-16
Timeline
- Published
- Nov 16, 2022
- Last modified
- Jun 17, 2026
- NVD status
- Modified