CVE-2020-11097

LOW

FreeRDP < 2.1.2 - Out-of-bounds Read in PRIMARY_DRAWING_ORDER_FIELD_BYTES

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Exploitation Summary

EIP tracks 1 public exploit for CVE-2020-11097. PoCs published by SpiralBL0CK.

AI-analyzed exploit summary This PoC exploits CVE-2020-11097, an out-of-bounds read vulnerability in FreeRDP's NTLM authentication. It crafts a malicious NTLM Type 2 message with an oversized AV pair length to trigger a crash during authentication.

Description

In FreeRDP before version 2.1.2, an out of bounds read occurs resulting in accessing a memory location that is outside of the boundaries of the static array PRIMARY_DRAWING_ORDER_FIELD_BYTES. This is fixed in version 2.1.2.

Exploits (1)

nomisec WORKING POC
by SpiralBL0CK · poc
https://github.com/SpiralBL0CK/CVE-2020-11097-POC

This PoC exploits CVE-2020-11097, an out-of-bounds read vulnerability in FreeRDP's NTLM authentication. It crafts a malicious NTLM Type 2 message with an oversized AV pair length to trigger a crash during authentication.

Classification
Working Poc 95%
Attack Type
Dos
Complexity
Moderate
Reliability
Reliable
Target: FreeRDP (versions before 2.1.2)
No auth needed
Prerequisites: Network access to target RDP service · FreeRDP client configured to connect to the malicious server
devstral-2 · analyzed Feb 16, 2026 Full analysis →

Scores

CVSS v3 3.5
EPSS 0.0146
EPSS Percentile 70.1%
Attack Vector NETWORK
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:L/A:N

Details

CWE
CWE-125
Status published
Products (7)
canonical/ubuntu_linux 18.04
canonical/ubuntu_linux 20.04
debian/debian_linux 10.0
fedoraproject/fedora 31
fedoraproject/fedora 32
freerdp/freerdp < 2.1.2
opensuse/leap 15.1
Published Jun 22, 2020
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026