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
Published · last modified .
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.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.009 (57.4th percentile), scored .
Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 57th percentile — 57.4% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.010 · newest: 0.009 · change: -0.001
Affected products
- Freerdp — versions 2.0.0-beta1+android11 - Windows, OSX, Linux, 2.0.0
- Debian Linux — versions 8.0, 9.0
Weakness classification (CWE)
References
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/99942 (vdb-entry, Broken Link)
- www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3923 (vendor-advisory, Third Party Advisory)
- www.talosintelligence.com/vulnerability_reports/TALOS-2017-0338 (Third Party Advisory)
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.