CVE-2023-40181
Status: ModifiedCritical (9.1)—
FreeRDP is a free implementation of the Remote Desktop Protocol (RDP), released under the Apache license. Affected versions are subject to an Integer-Underflow leading to Out-Of-Bound Read in the `zgfx_decompress_segment` function. In the context of `CopyMemory`, it's possible to read data beyond the transmitted packet range and likely cause a crash. 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.
CVSS
- Version: 3.1
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:H
- Base score: 9.1
Exploitation probability (EPSS)
- Probability of exploitation in the next 30 days: 1.69%
- Percentile among all scored CVEs: 76
- Score date: 10/8/2026
EPSS (Exploit Prediction Scoring System, FIRST) estimates how likely a vulnerability is to be exploited in the wild within 30 days. It complements CVSS (impact) and CISA KEV (confirmed exploitation).
Affected technologies (3)
CWEs
- CWE-125, CWE-191
References
- https://github.com/FreeRDP/FreeRDP/blob/2252d53001d9ce8a452f0a0a5b1f5ed9db6d57f1/libfreerdp/codec/zgfx.c#L256-L261
- https://github.com/FreeRDP/FreeRDP/blob/2252d53001d9ce8a452f0a0a5b1f5ed9db6d57f1/libfreerdp/codec/zgfx.c#L334-L355
- https://github.com/FreeRDP/FreeRDP/security/advisories/GHSA-mxp4-rx7x-h2g8
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2023/10/msg00008.html
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/A6LLDAPEXRDJOM3PREDDD267SSNT77DP/
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/IHMTGKCZXJPQOR5ZD2I4GPDNP2DKRXMF/
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/OH2ATH2BKDNKCJAU4WPPXK4SHLE3UJUV/
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202401-16
- https://github.com/FreeRDP/FreeRDP/blob/2252d53001d9ce8a452f0a0a5b1f5ed9db6d57f1/libfreerdp/codec/zgfx.c#L256-L261
- https://github.com/FreeRDP/FreeRDP/blob/2252d53001d9ce8a452f0a0a5b1f5ed9db6d57f1/libfreerdp/codec/zgfx.c#L334-L355
- https://github.com/FreeRDP/FreeRDP/security/advisories/GHSA-mxp4-rx7x-h2g8
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2023/10/msg00008.html
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2025/02/msg00016.html
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/A6LLDAPEXRDJOM3PREDDD267SSNT77DP/
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/IHMTGKCZXJPQOR5ZD2I4GPDNP2DKRXMF/
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/OH2ATH2BKDNKCJAU4WPPXK4SHLE3UJUV/
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202401-16
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