Out-of-bounds read in FreeRDP - CVE-2020-13397

 

Out-of-bounds read in FreeRDP - CVE-2020-13397

Published: May 25, 2020


Vulnerability identifier: #VU28201
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:A/VC:L/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Clear
CVE-ID: CVE-2020-13397
CWE-ID: CWE-125
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available
Vendor: FreeRDP
Affected software:
FreeRDP

Detailed vulnerability description

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to gain access to potentially sensitive information.

The vulnerability exists due to a boundary condition within security_fips_decrypt in libfreerdp/core/security.c due to an uninitialized value. A remote attacker can trigger out-of-bounds read error and read contents of memory on the system.


How to mitigate CVE-2020-13397

Cybersecurity Help is currently unaware of any official solution to address this vulnerability..

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