CVE-2023-40181

CriticalCVSS 9.1/10Last modified Jun 17, 2026

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.

Metrics

CVSS 3.1 9.1/10CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:H

Weakness enumeration

Affected software

No affected versions have been published.

Timeline

Published
Aug 31, 2023
Last modified
Jun 17, 2026
NVD status
Modified

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CVE-2023-40181: Critical severity, CVSS 9.1 | Vulnix