Out-of-bounds read in FreeRDP - CVE-2022-39316
Published: November 25, 2022
Vulnerability identifier: #VU69594
CSH Severity: Medium
CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:N/UI:A/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Green
CVE-ID: CVE-2022-39316
CWE-ID: CWE-125
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vendor: FreeRDP
Affected software:
FreeRDP
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 in ZGFX decoder. A malicious server can trick a FreeRDP based client to read out of bound data and try to decode it.
Successful exploitation of the vulnerability may allows remote code execution.
How to mitigate CVE-2022-39316
Install updates from vendor's website.