SB2014111604 - Input validation error in FreeRDP
Published: November 16, 2014 Updated: August 9, 2020
Security Bulletin ID
SB2014111604
Severity
Medium
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities
1
Exploitation vector
Remote access
Highest impact
Data manipulation
Breakdown by Severity
- Low
- Medium
- High
- Critical
Description
This security bulletin contains information about 1 security vulnerability.
1) Input validation error (CVE-ID: CVE-2014-0250)
The vulnerability allows a remote non-authenticated attacker to read and manipulate data.
Multiple integer overflows in client/X11/xf_graphics.c in FreeRDP allow remote attackers to have an unspecified impact via the width and height to the (1) xf_Pointer_New or (2) xf_Bitmap_Decompress function, which causes an incorrect amount of memory to be allocated.
Remediation
Install update from vendor's website.
References
- http://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2014-0287.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2014-07/msg00008.html
- http://seclists.org/oss-sec/2014/q2/365
- http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201412-18.xml
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2015:171
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/67670
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=998934
- https://github.com/FreeRDP/FreeRDP/issues/1871
- https://github.com/FreeRDP/FreeRDP/pull/1874