Unrated severityNVD Advisory· Published Aug 31, 2023· Updated Nov 3, 2025
IntegerOverflow leading to Out-Of-Bound Write Vulnerability in FreeRDP
CVE-2023-40186
Description
FreeRDP is a free implementation of the Remote Desktop Protocol (RDP), released under the Apache license. Affected versions are subject to an IntegerOverflow leading to Out-Of-Bound Write Vulnerability in the gdi_CreateSurface function. This issue affects FreeRDP based clients only. FreeRDP proxies are not affected as image decoding is not done by a proxy. 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.
Affected products
1Patches
0No patches discovered yet.
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References
7- github.com/FreeRDP/FreeRDP/blob/fee2b10ba1154f952769a53eb608f044782e22f8/libfreerdp/gdi/gfx.cmitrex_refsource_MISC
- github.com/FreeRDP/FreeRDP/security/advisories/GHSA-hcj4-3c3r-5j3vmitrex_refsource_CONFIRM
- lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2023/10/msg00008.htmlmitre
- lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/A6LLDAPEXRDJOM3PREDDD267SSNT77DP/mitre
- lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/IHMTGKCZXJPQOR5ZD2I4GPDNP2DKRXMF/mitre
- lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/OH2ATH2BKDNKCJAU4WPPXK4SHLE3UJUV/mitre
- security.gentoo.org/glsa/202401-16mitre
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