VULNERABILITY INTELLIGENCE
CVE-2023-40589
CVSS score4.3 MEDIUM
EPSS probability1.30%
CISA KEVNot currently listed
Published2023-08-31
Last modified2026-06-17
CVSS vectorCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L
Description
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.
Weakness classification
- security-advisories@github.com: CWE-120
Primary references
- security-advisories@github.com — Patch
- security-advisories@github.com — Exploit, Vendor Advisory
- security-advisories@github.com — Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- security-advisories@github.com — Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- security-advisories@github.com — Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- security-advisories@github.com — Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- security-advisories@github.com
- af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 — Patch
- af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 — Exploit, Vendor Advisory
- af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 — Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
- af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 — Mailing List, Third Party Advisory