Out-of-bounds write in FreeRDP - CVE-2023-40574

 

Out-of-bounds write in FreeRDP - CVE-2023-40574

Published: September 4, 2023


Vulnerability identifier: #VU80346
CSH Severity: High
CVSS v4: 9.3 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
CVE-ID: CVE-2023-40574
CWE-ID: CWE-787
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available

Vulnerability details

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to compromise vulnerable system.

The vulnerability exists due to a boundary error when processing untrusted input in general_YUV444ToRGB_8u_P3AC4R_BGRX. A remote attacker can trigger an out-of-bounds write and execute arbitrary code on the target system.


Affected software

FreeRDP
Gentoo Linux
SUSE Linux Enterprise Real Time 15
SUSE Linux Enterprise Workstation Extension 15
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 15
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12
SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 12
SUSE Manager Proxy
SUSE Manager Retail Branch Server
SUSE Manager Server
SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro
SUSE Linux Enterprise Workstation Extension 12
SUSE Package Hub 15
openSUSE Leap
freerdp-debuginfo
libfreerdp2-debuginfo
freerdp
freerdp-proxy
freerdp-server
libwinpr2-debuginfo
freerdp-devel
winpr2-devel
libwinpr2
freerdp-debugsource
libfreerdp2
freerdp-proxy-debuginfo
freerdp-wayland-debuginfo
freerdp-wayland
libuwac0-0-debuginfo
uwac0-0-devel
libuwac0-0
freerdp-server-debuginfo
net-misc/freerdp

How to mitigate CVE-2023-40574

Install updates from vendor's website.

FreeRDP - update to 3.0.0 beta3
freerdp-debuginfo - addressed in versions 2.1.2-12.38.1, 2.4.0-150400.3.23.1
libfreerdp2-debuginfo - addressed in versions 2.1.2-12.38.1, 2.4.0-150400.3.23.1
freerdp - addressed in versions 2.1.2-12.38.1, 2.4.0-150400.3.23.1
freerdp-proxy - addressed in versions 2.1.2-12.38.1, 2.4.0-150400.3.23.1
freerdp-server - addressed in versions 2.1.2-12.38.1, 2.4.0-150400.3.23.1
libwinpr2-debuginfo - addressed in versions 2.1.2-12.38.1, 2.4.0-150400.3.23.1
freerdp-devel - addressed in versions 2.1.2-12.38.1, 2.4.0-150400.3.23.1
winpr2-devel - addressed in versions 2.1.2-12.38.1, 2.4.0-150400.3.23.1
libwinpr2 - addressed in versions 2.1.2-12.38.1, 2.4.0-150400.3.23.1
freerdp-debugsource - addressed in versions 2.1.2-12.38.1, 2.4.0-150400.3.23.1
libfreerdp2 - addressed in versions 2.1.2-12.38.1, 2.4.0-150400.3.23.1
freerdp-proxy-debuginfo - update to 2.4.0-150400.3.23.1
freerdp-wayland-debuginfo - update to 2.4.0-150400.3.23.1
freerdp-wayland - update to 2.4.0-150400.3.23.1
libuwac0-0-debuginfo - update to 2.4.0-150400.3.23.1
uwac0-0-devel - update to 2.4.0-150400.3.23.1
libuwac0-0 - update to 2.4.0-150400.3.23.1
freerdp-server-debuginfo - update to 2.4.0-150400.3.23.1
net-misc/freerdp - update to 2.11.0

External References

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