CVE-2023-40569

MEDIUM

FreeRDP <2.11.0, <3.0.0-beta3 - Buffer Overflow

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

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.

Scores

CVSS v3 6.5
EPSS 0.0010
EPSS Percentile 28.2%
Attack Vector NETWORK
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:L

Details

CWE
CWE-787
Status published
Products (6)
debian/debian_linux 10.0
fedoraproject/fedora 37
fedoraproject/fedora 38
fedoraproject/fedora 39
freerdp/freerdp 3.0.0 beta1 (2 CPE variants)
freerdp/freerdp < 2.11.0
Published Aug 31, 2023
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026