CVE-2021-41160
low-risk
Published 2021-10-21
FreeRDP is a free implementation of the Remote Desktop Protocol (RDP), released under the Apache license. In affected versions a malicious server might trigger out of bound writes in a connected client. Connections using GDI or SurfaceCommands to send graphics updates to the client might send `0` width/height or out of bound rectangles to trigger out of bound writes. With `0` width or heigth the memory allocation will be `0` but the missing bounds checks allow writing to the pointer at this (not allocated) region. This issue has been patched in FreeRDP 2.4.1.
Do I need to act?
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0.11% chance of exploitation
EPSS score — low exploit probability
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Not on CISA KEV list
No confirmed active exploitation reported to CISA
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Patch status unknown
Check vendor advisories for fix availability and mitigation guidance
5
CVSS 5.3/10
Medium
LOCAL
/ HIGH complexity
Affected Vendors
References (13)
Third Party Advisory
https://github.com/FreeRDP/FreeRDP/security/advisories/GHSA-7c9r-6r2q-93qg
Third Party Advisory
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202210-24
Third Party Advisory
https://github.com/FreeRDP/FreeRDP/security/advisories/GHSA-7c9r-6r2q-93qg
Third Party Advisory
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202210-24
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/ 100
low-risk
Severity
14/34 · Moderate
Exploitability
0/34 · Minimal
Exposure
10/34 · Low