CVE-2023-40569

Published: Aug 31, 2023Modified: Jun 17, 2026

9.8

Vector

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

Exploitability: 3.9 / Impact: 5.9

Source: NVD

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 `progressive_decompress` function. This issue is likely down to incorrect calculations of the `nXSrc` and `nYSrc` variables. 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.

Affected (7)

Products: Freerdp: Freerdp · Debian: Debian Linux · Fedoraproject: Fedora

1 product

1 product

1 product

Configuration A

3 vulnerable

Vulnerable Software	Affected Versions
Freerdp Freerdp	Before 2.11.0
Freerdp Freerdp	Version 3.0.0 beta1
Freerdp Freerdp	Version 3.0.0 beta2

Configuration B

4 vulnerable

Vulnerable Software	Affected Versions
Debian Debian Linux	Version 10.0
Fedoraproject Fedora	Version 37
Fedoraproject Fedora	Version 38
Fedoraproject Fedora	Version 39

Related CWEs

Out-of-bounds Write

The product writes data past the end, or before the beginning, of the intended buffer.

References (15)

https://github.com/FreeRDP/FreeRDP/blob/5be5553e0da72178a4b94cc1ffbdace9ceb153e5/libfreerdp/codec/progressive.c#L2598-L2616

Source: security-advisories@github.com

Issue Tracking

https://github.com/FreeRDP/FreeRDP/security/advisories/GHSA-hm8c-rcjg-c8qp

Source: security-advisories@github.com

ExploitVendor Advisory

https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2023/10/msg00008.html

Source: security-advisories@github.com

Mailing ListThird Party Advisory

https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/A6LLDAPEXRDJOM3PREDDD267SSNT77DP/

Source: security-advisories@github.com

Mailing List

https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/IHMTGKCZXJPQOR5ZD2I4GPDNP2DKRXMF/

Source: security-advisories@github.com

Mailing List

https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/OH2ATH2BKDNKCJAU4WPPXK4SHLE3UJUV/

Source: security-advisories@github.com

Mailing List

https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202401-16

Source: security-advisories@github.com

https://github.com/FreeRDP/FreeRDP/blob/5be5553e0da72178a4b94cc1ffbdace9ceb153e5/libfreerdp/codec/progressive.c#L2598-L2616

Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

Issue Tracking

https://github.com/FreeRDP/FreeRDP/security/advisories/GHSA-hm8c-rcjg-c8qp

Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

ExploitVendor Advisory

https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2023/10/msg00008.html

Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

Mailing ListThird Party Advisory

https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2025/02/msg00016.html

Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/A6LLDAPEXRDJOM3PREDDD267SSNT77DP/

Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

Mailing List

https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/IHMTGKCZXJPQOR5ZD2I4GPDNP2DKRXMF/

Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

Mailing List

https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/OH2ATH2BKDNKCJAU4WPPXK4SHLE3UJUV/

Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

Mailing List

https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202401-16

Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

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