CVE-2023-40567

Published: 1 September 2023

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 `clear_decompress_bands_data` function in which there is no offset validation. Abuse of this vulnerability may lead to an out of bounds write. 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.

Priority

Status

Package	Release	Status
freerdp2 Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian	trusty	Ignored (end of standard support)
	xenial	Ignored (end of standard support)
	bionic	Needs triage
	focal	Needs triage
	jammy	Needs triage
	lunar	Needs triage
	upstream	Needs triage

References

https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2023-40567
https://github.com/FreeRDP/FreeRDP/security/advisories/GHSA-2w9f-8wg4-8jfp
https://github.com/FreeRDP/FreeRDP/blob/5be5553e0da72178a4b94cc1ffbdace9ceb153e5/libfreerdp/codec/clear.c#L843-L845
https://github.com/FreeRDP/FreeRDP/blob/5be5553e0da72178a4b94cc1ffbdace9ceb153e5/libfreerdp/codec/clear.c#L612-L618
NVD
Launchpad
Debian

Join the discussion

Ubuntu security updates mailing list
Security announcements mailing list

Canonical is offering Expanded Security Maintenance

Canonical is offering Ubuntu Expanded Security Maintenance (ESM) for security fixes and essential packages.

Find out more about ESM ›