CVE-2023-40181
freerdp: integer-Underflow leading to Out-Of-Bound Read in zgfx_decompress_segment
Severity
LowRed Hat Product Security
CVSS 3.1
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Published · September 1, 2023
Updated · June 26, 2026
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.
CVSS score applicability
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Mitigation
No mitigation is specified in collected source.
CVSS / CWE
CVSS 3.1 · 7.5CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
CWE-191 · Integer Underflow (Wrap or Wraparound)