CVE-2023-40567 (GCVE-0-2023-40567)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2023-08-31 21:42
Modified
2025-11-03 20:35
Severity ?
VLAI Severity ?
EPSS score ?
CWE
- CWE-787 - Out-of-bounds Write
Summary
FreeRDP is a free implementation of the Remote Desktop Protocol (RDP), released under the Apache license. Affected versions are subject to an Out-Of-Bounds Write in the `clear_decompress_bands_data` function in which there is no offset validation. Abuse of this vulnerability may lead to an out of bounds write. 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 vulnerability.
References
Impacted products
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