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CVE-2023-40569 (GCVE-0-2023-40569)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2023-08-31 21:41 – Updated: 2025-11-03 20:35

Title

Out-Of-Bounds Write in FreeRDP

Summary

FreeRDP is a free implementation of the Remote Desktop Protocol (RDP), released under the Apache license. Affected versions are subject to an Out-Of-Bounds Write in the `progressive_decompress` function. This issue is likely down to incorrect calculations of the `nXSrc` and `nYSrc` variables. 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 vulnerability.

Severity

6.5 (Medium)


                        
                          CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:L

CWE

CWE-787 - Out-of-bounds Write

Assigner

GitHub_M mitre root

References

8 references

URL	Tags
https://github.com/FreeRDP/FreeRDP/security/advis…	x_refsource_CONFIRM
https://github.com/FreeRDP/FreeRDP/blob/5be5553e0…	x_refsource_MISC
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/pac…
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/pac…
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/pac…
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2023…
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202401-16
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2025…

Impacted products

1 product

Vendor	Product	Version	CPE status
FreeRDP	FreeRDP	Affected: < 2.11.0 Affected: >= 3.0.0-beta1, < 3.0.0-beta3	guessed

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      "status": "final",
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    },
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      "id": "CVE-2023-40569",
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      "product_status:recommended": "169",
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      "status": "interim",
      "title": "SUSE CVE CVE-2023-40569",
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    }
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}

SUSE-SU-2023:4611-1

Vulnerability from csaf_suse - Published: 2023-11-29 13:50 - Updated: 2023-11-29 13:50

Summary

Security update for freerdp

Severity

Moderate

Scope

15 vulnerabilities in this advisory, including CVE-2023-40569.

CVE-2023-40569

6.5 (Medium)


                
                  CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:L

Recommended: 21 products

Open the full advisory

SUSE-SU-2023:4893-1

Vulnerability from csaf_suse - Published: 2023-12-18 15:34 - Updated: 2023-12-18 15:34

Summary

Security update for freerdp

Severity

Moderate

Scope

15 vulnerabilities in this advisory, including CVE-2023-40569.

CVE-2023-40569

6.5 (Medium)


                
                  CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:L

Recommended: 140 products

Open the full advisory

UBUNTU-CVE-2023-40569 (CVE-2023-40569)

Vulnerability from osv_ubuntu – Published: 2023-08-31 22:15 – Updated: 2026-04-22 07:45 – Source website

Details

FreeRDP is a free implementation of the Remote Desktop Protocol (RDP), released under the Apache license. Affected versions are subject to an Out-Of-Bounds Write in the progressive_decompress function. This issue is likely down to incorrect calculations of the nXSrc and nYSrc variables. 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 vulnerability.

Severity

9.8 (Critical)


                    
                      CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

6.5 (Medium)


                    
                      CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:L

N/A (UNKNOWN)


                    
                      medium

References

URL

Type

	https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2023-40569	REPORT
	https://github.com/FreeRDP/FreeRDP/security/advis…	REPORT
	https://github.com/FreeRDP/FreeRDP/blob/5be5553e0…	REPORT
	https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-6401-1	ADVISORY
	https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2023-40569	REPORT

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WID-SEC-W-2023-2251

Vulnerability from csaf_certbund - Published: 2023-09-03 22:00 - Updated: 2026-03-11 23:00

Summary

FreeRDP: Mehrere Schwachstellen

Severity

Mittel

Scope

17 vulnerabilities in this advisory, including CVE-2023-40569.

CVE-2023-40569

Known affected: 9 products

Open the full advisory

Sightings

Author	Source	Type	Date	Other

Nomenclature

Seen: The vulnerability was mentioned, discussed, or observed by the user.
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Patched: The vulnerability was observed as successfully patched by the user who reported the sighting.
Not exploited: The vulnerability was not observed as exploited by the user who reported the sighting.
Not confirmed: The user expressed doubt about the validity of the vulnerability.
Not patched: The vulnerability was not observed as successfully patched by the user who reported the sighting.

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CVE-2023-40569 (GCVE-0-2023-40569)

SUSE-SU-2023:4611-1

SUSE-SU-2023:4893-1

UBUNTU-CVE-2023-40569 (CVE-2023-40569)

WID-SEC-W-2023-2251

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