Vulnerability in Freerdp
CVE-2019-17178
HuffmanTree_makeFromFrequencies in lodepng.c in LodePNG through 2019-09-28, as used in WinPR in FreeRDP and other products, has a memory leak because a supplied realloc pointer (i.e., the first argument to realloc) is also used for a realloc return value.
Published · last modified .
CVSS v3 metric
CVSS v3 base score 7.5 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.026 (84.6th percentile), scored .
Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 85th percentile — 84.6% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.026 · newest: 0.026 · change: 0.000
Affected products
- Freerdp — versions 1.1.0
- Lodev Lodepng
- openSUSE Leap — versions 15.0, 15.1
Weakness classification (CWE)
References
- github.com/FreeRDP/FreeRDP/issues/5645 (Third Party Advisory)
- lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-12/msg00004.html (vendor-advisory, Third Party Advisory)
- lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-12/msg00005.html (vendor-advisory, Third Party Advisory)
- github.com/FreeRDP/FreeRDP/commit/9fee4ae076b1ec97b97efb79ece08d1dab4df29a (Patch, Vendor Advisory)
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2019-17178?
- CVE-2019-17178 is a high-severity vulnerability in Freerdp, classified under CWE-252. CVSS score: 7.5/10. Published 2019-10-04.
- How severe is CVE-2019-17178?
- High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.5 out of 10.