What is CVE-2023-42822?

CVE-2023-42822 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Neutrinolabs Xrdp, classified under Out-of-bounds Read. CVSS score: 4.6/10. Published 2023-09-27.

How severe is CVE-2023-42822?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 4.6 out of 10.

Is CVE-2023-42822 known to be exploited?

2 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

Out-of-bounds Read in Neutrinolabs Xrdp

CVE-2023-42822

xrdp is an open source remote desktop protocol server. Access to the font glyphs in xrdp_painter.c is not bounds-checked . Since some of this data is controllable by the user, this can result in an out-of-bounds read within the xrdp execut…

Vulnerability class: Buffer Overflow

EPSS: 0.003 (54.4th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 4.6 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N.

Affected products

Neutrinolabs Xrdp — versions < 0.9.23.1

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-125 — Out-of-bounds Read

Public proof-of-concept exploits

References

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2023-42822?: CVE-2023-42822 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Neutrinolabs Xrdp, classified under Out-of-bounds Read. CVSS score: 4.6/10. Published 2023-09-27.
How severe is CVE-2023-42822?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 4.6 out of 10.
Is CVE-2023-42822 known to be exploited?: 2 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.