Vulnerability in Freerdp
CVE-2017-2836
An exploitable denial of service vulnerability exists within the reading of proprietary server certificates in FreeRDP 2.0.0-beta1+android11. A specially crafted challenge packet can cause the program termination leading to a denial of service condition. An attacker can compromise the server or use man in the middle to trigger this vulnerability.
Vulnerability class: Improper Certificate Validation
EPSS: 0.010 (57.7th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.
CVSS v3 metric
CVSS v3 base score 5.9 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H.
Affected products
- Freerdp — versions 2.0.0-beta1+android11 - Windows, OSX, Linux, 2.0.0
- Debian Debian_linux — versions 8.0, 9.0
Weakness classification (CWE)
References
- talos-cna@cisco.com (vdb-entry, Broken Link, x_refsource_BID)
- talos-cna@cisco.com (vendor-advisory, Third Party Advisory, x_refsource_DEBIAN)
- talos-cna@cisco.com (Third Party Advisory, x_refsource_MISC)
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2017-2836?
- CVE-2017-2836 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Freerdp, classified under Improper Certificate Validation. CVSS score: 5.9/10. Published 2018-04-24.
- How severe is CVE-2017-2836?
- Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.9 out of 10.