CVE-2023-40569

CriticalCVSS 9.8/10Last 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 Out-Of-Bounds Write in the `progressive_decompress` function. This issue is likely down to incorrect calculations of the `nXSrc` and `nYSrc` variables. 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 vulnerability.

Metrics

CVSS 3.1 9.8/10CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Weakness enumeration

CWE-787

Affected software

VendorProductVersions
FreeRDPFreeRDP< 2.11.0; >= 3.0.0-beta1, < 3.0.0-beta3

References

Timeline

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

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