CVE-2022-39283

FreeRDP may read and display out of bounds data

HIGH
7.5
CVSS Score
Published: October 12, 2022 at 12:00 AM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 04:58 AM UTC
2 products affected across 2 vendorsFedoraFreeRDP

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Severity
HIGH7.5
Exploit prediction
EPSS 1%
SSVC
No known exploit

Description

FreeRDP is a free remote desktop protocol library and clients. All FreeRDP based clients when using the `/video` command line switch might read uninitialized data, decode it as audio/video and display the result. FreeRDP based server implementations are not affected. This issue has been patched in version 2.8.1. If you cannot upgrade do not use the `/video` switch.

Affected

Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.

v < 2.8.1<= 2.8.0
Affected range stops below 2.8.1, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement

SSVC — Action Prioritization

SSVCNo known exploitNot automatablePartial impact

SSVC signals action urgency (what to patch first), separate from CVSS which measures severity.

CVSS

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Complexity
LOW
Privileges
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality
HIGH
Integrity
NONE
Availability
NONE
Vector?

Quick Info

StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-125CWE-908

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