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CVE-2020-11045 (GCVE-0-2020-11045)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2020-05-07 00:00 – Updated: 2024-08-04 11:21
VLAI
Title
Out-of-bounds Read in FreeRDP
Summary
In FreeRDP after 1.0 and before 2.0.0, there is an out-of-bound read in in update_read_bitmap_data that allows client memory to be read to an image buffer. The result displayed on screen as colour.
Severity
2.2 (Low)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L
CWE
Assigner
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version CPE status
FreeRDP FreeRDP Affected: > 1.0, < 2.0.0
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