CVE-2025-4478

MEDIUM

FreeRDP 3.0.0-3.15.9 - Denial of Service via Crafted RDP Packet

Title source: llm

Description

A flaw was found in the FreeRDP used by Anaconda's remote install feature, where a crafted RDP packet could trigger a segmentation fault. This issue causes the service to crash and remain defunct, resulting in a denial of service. It occurs pre-boot and is likely due to a NULL pointer dereference. Rebooting is required to recover the system.

References (4)

Core 4

Core References

Vendor Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_redhat

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2025:9307

Vendor Advisory vdb-entry x_refsource_redhat

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2025-4478

Issue Tracking, Permissions Required issue-tracking x_refsource_redhat

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2365232

Patch

https://github.com/FreeRDP/FreeRDP/pull/11573

Scores

CVSS v3 6.5

EPSS 0.0045

EPSS Percentile 64.0%

Attack Vector NETWORK

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

CISA SSVC

Vulnrichment

Exploitation none

Automatable no

Technical Impact partial

Details

CWE

CWE-476

Status published

Products (2)

freerdp/freerdp 3.0.0 - 3.16.0

redhat/enterprise_linux 10.0

Published May 16, 2025

Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026