Out-of-bounds Read in Freerdp
CVE-2020-13397
An issue was discovered in FreeRDP before 2.1.1. An out-of-bounds (OOB) read vulnerability has been detected in security_fips_decrypt in libfreerdp/core/security.c due to an uninitialized value.
Vulnerability class: Buffer Overflow
Published · last modified .
CVSS v3 metric
CVSS v3 base score 5.5 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.005 (43.1th percentile), scored .
Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 43rd percentile — 43.1% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.005 · newest: 0.005 · change: 0.000
Affected products
- Freerdp
- Canonical Ubuntu Linux — versions 16.04, 18.04, 19.10
- Debian Linux — versions 9.0, 10.0
- openSUSE Leap — versions 15.1
Weakness classification (CWE)
References
- github.com/FreeRDP/FreeRDP/compare/2.1.0...2.1.1 (Third Party Advisory, Release Notes)
- github.com/FreeRDP/FreeRDP/commit/8fb6336a4072abcee8ce5bd6ae91104628c7bb69 (Third Party Advisory)
- github.com/FreeRDP/FreeRDP/commit/d6cd14059b257318f176c0ba3ee0a348826a9ef8 (Patch, Third Party Advisory)
- usn.ubuntu.com/4379-1/ (vendor-advisory, Third Party Advisory)
- usn.ubuntu.com/4382-1/ (vendor-advisory, Third Party Advisory)
- lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-07/msg00080.html (vendor-advisory, Third Party Advisory)
- lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/08/msg00054.html (mailing-list, Third Party Advisory)
- lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2023/10/msg00008.html (mailing-list, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2020-13397?
- CVE-2020-13397 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Freerdp, classified under Out-of-bounds Read. CVSS score: 5.5/10. Published 2020-05-22.
- How severe is CVE-2020-13397?
- Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.5 out of 10.