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CVE-2023-40181 Detail

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.


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Hyperlink Resource
https://github.com/FreeRDP/FreeRDP/blob/2252d53001d9ce8a452f0a0a5b1f5ed9db6d57f1/libfreerdp/codec/zgfx.c#L256-L261 Issue Tracking 
https://github.com/FreeRDP/FreeRDP/blob/2252d53001d9ce8a452f0a0a5b1f5ed9db6d57f1/libfreerdp/codec/zgfx.c#L334-L355 Issue Tracking 
https://github.com/FreeRDP/FreeRDP/security/advisories/GHSA-mxp4-rx7x-h2g8 Exploit  Vendor Advisory 
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2023/10/msg00008.html Mailing List  Third Party Advisory 
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/A6LLDAPEXRDJOM3PREDDD267SSNT77DP/ Mailing List 
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/IHMTGKCZXJPQOR5ZD2I4GPDNP2DKRXMF/ Mailing List 
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/OH2ATH2BKDNKCJAU4WPPXK4SHLE3UJUV/ Mailing List 
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202401-16

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-ID CWE Name Source
CWE-125 Out-of-bounds Read GitHub, Inc.  
CWE-191 Integer Underflow (Wrap or Wraparound) GitHub, Inc.  

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Change History

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Quick Info

CVE Dictionary Entry:
CVE-2023-40181
NVD Published Date:
08/31/2023
NVD Last Modified:
01/12/2024
Source:
GitHub, Inc.