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CVE-2023-40186

MEDIUM

6.5

Description

FreeRDP is a free implementation of the Remote Desktop Protocol (RDP), released under the Apache license. Affected versions are subject to an IntegerOverflow leading to Out-Of-Bound Write Vulnerability in the `gdi_CreateSurface` function. This issue affects FreeRDP based clients only. FreeRDP proxies are not affected as image decoding is not done by a proxy. 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 issue.

CVE Details

CVSS v3.1 Score6.5

SeverityMEDIUM

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

Attack VectorNETWORK

ComplexityLOW

Privileges RequiredNONE

User InteractionNONE

Published8/31/2023

Last Modified11/3/2025

Sourcenvd

Honeypot Sightings0

Affected Products

debian:debian_linuxfedoraproject:fedorafreerdp:freerdp

Weaknesses (CWE)

CWE-190CWE-787CWE-190CWE-787

References

https://github.com/FreeRDP/FreeRDP/blob/fee2b10ba1154f952769a53eb608f044782e22f8/libfreerdp/gdi/gfx.c#L1156-L1165(security-advisories@github.com)

https://github.com/FreeRDP/FreeRDP/security/advisories/GHSA-hcj4-3c3r-5j3v(security-advisories@github.com)

https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2023/10/msg00008.html(security-advisories@github.com)

https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/A6LLDAPEXRDJOM3PREDDD267SSNT77DP/(security-advisories@github.com)

https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/IHMTGKCZXJPQOR5ZD2I4GPDNP2DKRXMF/(security-advisories@github.com)

https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/OH2ATH2BKDNKCJAU4WPPXK4SHLE3UJUV/(security-advisories@github.com)

https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202401-16(security-advisories@github.com)

https://github.com/FreeRDP/FreeRDP/blob/fee2b10ba1154f952769a53eb608f044782e22f8/libfreerdp/gdi/gfx.c#L1156-L1165(af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)

https://github.com/FreeRDP/FreeRDP/security/advisories/GHSA-hcj4-3c3r-5j3v(af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)

https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2023/10/msg00008.html(af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)

https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2025/02/msg00016.html(af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)

https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/A6LLDAPEXRDJOM3PREDDD267SSNT77DP/(af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)

https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/IHMTGKCZXJPQOR5ZD2I4GPDNP2DKRXMF/(af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)

https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/OH2ATH2BKDNKCJAU4WPPXK4SHLE3UJUV/(af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)

https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202401-16(af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)

IOC Correlations

No correlations recorded

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