CVE-2025-4478 (GCVE-0-2025-4478)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2025-05-16 14:22 – Updated: 2026-06-30 10:40
VLAI
EPSS
VEX
Title
Gnome-remote-desktop: freerdp: unauthenticated rdp packet causes segfault in freerdp leading to denial of service
Summary
A flaw was found in the FreeRDP used by Anaconda's remote install feature, where a crafted RDP packet could trigger a segmentation fault. This issue causes the service to crash and remain defunct, resulting in a denial of service. It occurs pre-boot and is likely due to a NULL pointer dereference. Rebooting is required to recover the system.
Severity
6.5 (Medium)
SSVC
Exploitation: none
Automatable: no
Technical Impact: partial
CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)
Decision recorded 2025-05-16 14:46 UTC
CWE
- CWE-476 - NULL Pointer Dereference
Assigner
References
4 references
| URL | Tags |
|---|---|
| https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2025:9307 | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT |
| https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2025-4478 | vdb-entryx_refsource_REDHAT |
| https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2365232 | issue-trackingx_refsource_REDHAT |
| https://github.com/FreeRDP/FreeRDP/pull/11573 |
Impacted products
4 products
| Vendor | Product | Version | CPE status | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
Affected:
3.0.0-beta1 , < 3.16.0
(semver)
|
||||
| Red Hat | Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10 |
Unaffected:
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(rpm)
cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:10.0 |
||
| Red Hat | Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 |
cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:8
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| Red Hat | Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 |
cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:9
|
Date Public
2025-05-13 05:14
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