Vulnerability CVE-2023-40576


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 Out-Of-Bounds Read in the `RleDecompress` function. This Out-Of-Bounds Read occurs because FreeRDP processes the `pbSrcBuffer` variable without checking if it contains data of sufficient length. Insufficient data in the `pbSrcBuffer` variable may cause errors or crashes. This issue has been addressed in version 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-x3x5-r7jm-5pq2
https://github.com/FreeRDP/FreeRDP/blob/5be5553e0da72178a4b94cc1ffbdace9ceb153e5/libfreerdp/codec/include/bitmap.c#L94-L113

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