CVE-2022-39316
Out of bound read in FreeRDP
MEDIUM
5.7
CVSS Score
Published: November 16, 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
MEDIUM5.7
Exploit prediction
EPSS 1%
Description
FreeRDP is a free remote desktop protocol library and clients. In affected versions there is an out of bound read in ZGFX decoder component of FreeRDP. A malicious server can trick a FreeRDP based client to read out of bound data and try to decode it likely resulting in a crash. This issue has been addressed in the 2.9.0 release. Users are advised to upgrade.
Remediation
No guide yetNo remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:
Patch and advisory references
- https://github.com/FreeRDP/FreeRDP/commit/e865c24efc40ebc52e75979c94cdd4ee2c1495b0
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/UDOTAOJBCZKREZJPT6VZ25GESI5T6RBG/
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/YGQN3OWQNHSMWKOF4D35PF5ASKNLC74B/
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202401-16
References (7)
PatchThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://github.com/FreeRDP/FreeRDP/commit/e865c24efc40ebc52e75979c94cdd4ee2c1495b0Third Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://github.com/FreeRDP/FreeRDP/security/advisories/GHSA-5w4j-mrrh-jjrmSource: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2025/02/msg00016.htmlCVSS
- Attack Vector
- NETWORK
- Complexity
- LOW
- Privileges
- LOW
- User Interaction
- REQUIRED
- Scope
- UNCHANGED
- Confidentiality
- NONE
- Integrity
- NONE
- Availability
- HIGH
Vector?
Quick Info
StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-125
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