CVE-2019-17178

HIGH

FreeRDP < 1.0.2 - Memory Leak in HuffmanTree_makeFromFrequencies

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Description

HuffmanTree_makeFromFrequencies in lodepng.c in LodePNG through 2019-09-28, as used in WinPR in FreeRDP and other products, has a memory leak because a supplied realloc pointer (i.e., the first argument to realloc) is also used for a realloc return value.

References (4)

Core 4
Core References
Third Party Advisory x_refsource_misc
https://github.com/FreeRDP/FreeRDP/issues/5645
Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_suse
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-12/msg00004.html
Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_suse
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-12/msg00005.html

Scores

CVSS v3 7.5
EPSS 0.0258
EPSS Percentile 83.1%
Attack Vector NETWORK
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Details

CWE
CWE-252 CWE-401
Status published
Products (5)
freerdp/freerdp 1.1.0 beta1
freerdp/freerdp < 1.0.2
lodev/lodepng < 2019-09-28
opensuse/leap 15.0
opensuse/leap 15.1
Published Oct 04, 2019
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026