Unrated severityNVD Advisory· Published Oct 12, 2022· Updated Nov 3, 2025
FreeRDP may read and display out of bounds data
CVE-2022-39283
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.
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Affected products
16- osv-coords14 versionspkg:rpm/almalinux/freerdppkg:rpm/almalinux/freerdp-develpkg:rpm/almalinux/freerdp-libspkg:rpm/almalinux/libwinprpkg:rpm/almalinux/libwinpr-develpkg:rpm/opensuse/freerdp2&distro=openSUSE%20Tumbleweedpkg:rpm/opensuse/freerdp&distro=openSUSE%20Leap%2015.3pkg:rpm/opensuse/freerdp&distro=openSUSE%20Leap%2015.4pkg:rpm/suse/freerdp&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Module%20for%20Package%20Hub%2015%20SP3pkg:rpm/suse/freerdp&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Module%20for%20Package%20Hub%2015%20SP4pkg:rpm/suse/freerdp&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Software%20Development%20Kit%2012%20SP5pkg:rpm/suse/freerdp&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Workstation%20Extension%2012%20SP5pkg:rpm/suse/freerdp&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Workstation%20Extension%2015%20SP3pkg:rpm/suse/freerdp&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Workstation%20Extension%2015%20SP4
< 2:2.4.1-5.el9+ 13 more
- (no CPE)range: < 2:2.4.1-5.el9
- (no CPE)range: < 2:2.4.1-5.el9
- (no CPE)range: < 2:2.4.1-5.el9
- (no CPE)range: < 2:2.4.1-5.el9
- (no CPE)range: < 2:2.4.1-5.el9
- (no CPE)range: < 2.8.1-1.1
- (no CPE)range: < 2.1.2-150200.15.21.1
- (no CPE)range: < 2.4.0-150400.3.9.1
- (no CPE)range: < 2.1.2-150200.15.21.1
- (no CPE)range: < 2.4.0-150400.3.9.1
- (no CPE)range: < 2.1.2-12.29.1
- (no CPE)range: < 2.1.2-12.29.1
- (no CPE)range: < 2.1.2-150200.15.21.1
- (no CPE)range: < 2.4.0-150400.3.9.1
Patches
Vulnerability mechanics
References
7- lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/HEWWYMGWIMD4RDCOGHWMZXUMBGZHC5NW/mitrevendor-advisory
- lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/RLZCF7YHNC5BECDPEJNAZUYGNNM7NFME/mitrevendor-advisory
- lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/UDOTAOJBCZKREZJPT6VZ25GESI5T6RBG/mitrevendor-advisory
- security.gentoo.org/glsa/202210-24mitrevendor-advisory
- lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2023/11/msg00010.htmlmitremailing-list
- github.com/FreeRDP/FreeRDP/releases/tag/2.8.1mitre
- github.com/FreeRDP/FreeRDP/security/advisories/GHSA-6cf9-3328-qrvhmitre
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