Vulnerability CVE-2023-40181
Published: 2023-08-31   Modified: 2023-09-01

Description:
FreeRDP is a free implementation of the Remote Desktop Protocol (RDP), released under the Apache license. Affected versions are subject to an Integer-Underflow leading to Out-Of-Bound Read in the `zgfx_decompress_segment` function. In the context of `CopyMemory`, it's possible to read data beyond the transmitted packet range and likely cause a crash. 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 issue.

Type:

CWE-125

 (Out-of-bounds Read)

 References:
https://github.com/FreeRDP/FreeRDP/security/advisories/GHSA-mxp4-rx7x-h2g8
https://github.com/FreeRDP/FreeRDP/blob/2252d53001d9ce8a452f0a0a5b1f5ed9db6d57f1/libfreerdp/codec/zgfx.c#L256-L261
https://github.com/FreeRDP/FreeRDP/blob/2252d53001d9ce8a452f0a0a5b1f5ed9db6d57f1/libfreerdp/codec/zgfx.c#L334-L355
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