CVE-2023-39355 (GCVE-0-2023-39355)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2023-08-31 19:45 – Updated: 2025-02-13 17:02
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Title
FreeRDP Use-After-Free in RDPGFX_CMDID_RESETGRAPHICS
Summary
FreeRDP is a free implementation of the Remote Desktop Protocol (RDP), released under the Apache license. Versions of FreeRDP on the 3.x release branch before beta3 are subject to a Use-After-Free in processing `RDPGFX_CMDID_RESETGRAPHICS` packets. If `context->maxPlaneSize` is 0, `context->planesBuffer` will be freed. However, without updating `context->planesBuffer`, this leads to a Use-After-Free exploit vector. In most environments this should only result in a crash. This issue has been addressed in version 3.0.0-beta3 and users of the beta 3.x releases are advised to upgrade. There are no known workarounds for this vulnerability.
Severity
7 (High)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:H
CWE
Assigner
GitHub_M CNA under the mitre root
CNA scorecard C 72/100 over 7634 records in the last 180 days details
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version CPE status
FreeRDP FreeRDP Affected: >= 3.0.0-beta1, < 3.0.0-beta3
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