CVE-2023-40589
FreeRDP Global-Buffer-Overflow in ncrush_decompress
HIGH 7.5EPSS 1.3%
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.
- Affected
- FreeRDP
- CVSS v3.1 NVD
- 7.5 HIGH
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H - CVSS v3.1 GITHUB
- 4.3 MEDIUM
CVSS: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, 70th percentile
- Published
- 2023-08-31
- Updated
- 2025-11-03
Proof-of-concept exploits (1)
Security advisories
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2023/10/msg00008.html
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/me…
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/me…
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/me…
- FreeRDP/FreeRDP/commit/16141a30f983dd6f7a6e5b0356084171942c9416