CVE-2023-40589

FreeRDP is a free implementation of the Remote Desktop Protocol (RDP), released under the Apache license. In affected versions there is a Global-Buffer-Overflow in the ncrush_decompress function. Feeding crafted input into this function can trigger the overflow which has only been shown to cause a crash. 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.

CVSS v3.1

7.5 HIGHCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

CVSS v3.1

4.3 MEDIUMCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L

EPSS

1.30% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, 68th percentile

Published

2023-08-31

Updated

2025-11-03

Proof-of-concept exploits (1)

• FreeRDP/FreeRDP/security/advisories/GHSA-gc34-mw6m-g42x

References

• CVE Record
• NVD entry

Related

• CVE-2023-39350
• CVE-2023-39351
• CVE-2023-39352
• CVE-2023-39353
• CVE-2023-39354
• CVE-2023-39355