CVE-2023-40576

CVSS 3.1 Score 7.5 of 10 (high)

Details

Published Aug 31, 2023
Updated: Jan 12, 2024
CWE ID 125

Summary

CVE-2023-40576 is a vulnerability affecting FreeRDP, an open-source implementation of the Remote Desktop Protocol (RDP). The issue lies in the `RleDecompress` function where FreeRDP fails to verify the length of the `pbSrcBuffer` variable before processing it. This Out-Of-Bounds Read vulnerability can lead to errors or crashes due to insufficient data in `pbSrcBuffer`. It is crucial for users of affected versions to upgrade to 3.0.0-beta3 to mitigate this risk, as there are currently no known workarounds for this issue.

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