CVEvulnerability
CVE-2023-40574
9.8 CRITICAL
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- Status
- Modified
- Published
- 2023-08-31
- Last modified
- 2026-06-17
- Assigner
- [email protected]
- CVSS 3.1 ([email protected])
- 6.5 MEDIUM — CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:L
- CVSS 3.1 ([email protected])
- 9.8 CRITICAL — CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- Weaknesses
- CWE-787
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 `writePixelBGRX` function. This issue is likely down to incorrect calculations of the `nHeight` and `srcStep` variables. This issue has been addressed in version 3.0.0-beta3. Users are advised to upgrade. There are no known workarounds for this issue.
Affected configurations
• freerdp freerdp 3.0.0
Related
Weakness · CWE (1)
- CWE-787 Out-of-bounds Write weakness
References
- https://github.com/FreeRDP/FreeRDP/blob/5be5553e0da72178a4b94cc1ffbdace9ceb153e5/libfreerdp/primitives/prim_YUV.c#L414-L445 Issue Tracking
- https://github.com/FreeRDP/FreeRDP/security/advisories/GHSA-422p-gj6x-93cw Exploit, Vendor Advisory
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202401-16 security.gentoo.org
- https://github.com/FreeRDP/FreeRDP/blob/5be5553e0da72178a4b94cc1ffbdace9ceb153e5/libfreerdp/primitives/prim_YUV.c#L414-L445 Issue Tracking
- https://github.com/FreeRDP/FreeRDP/security/advisories/GHSA-422p-gj6x-93cw Exploit, Vendor Advisory
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202401-16 security.gentoo.org