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CVE-2014-0791 json

Integer overflow in the license_read_scope_list function in libfreerdp/core/license.c in FreeRDP through 1.0.2 allows remote RDP servers to…

published 2014-01-03 12 y ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also EUVD-2014-0822

cvss
6.8
version 2.0, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
1.8%
EPSS 1.8% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 79%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

Integer overflow in the license_read_scope_list function in libfreerdp/core/license.c in FreeRDP through 1.0.2 allows remote RDP servers to cause a denial of service (application crash) or possibly have unspecified other impact via a large ScopeCount value in a Scope List in a Server License Request packet.

Patch / fix

  • freerdp Ubuntu 14.04 LTS 1.0.2-2ubuntu1.1
  • freerdp Ubuntu 16.04 LTS 1.1.0~git20140921.1.440916e+dfsg1-5ubuntu1.2

ubuntu advisories UBUNTU-CVE-2014-0791

Ubuntu security data © Canonical Ltd., from https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices via OSV; changed: normalised to fixed package versions per release. CC BY-SA 4.0

  • freerdp SLED 12 SP1, SLE Workstation Extension 12 SP1, SLE Software Development Kit 12 SP1 1.0.2-9.1

suse advisories SUSE-SU-2016:2506-1

  • freerdp openSUSE Tumbleweed 2.0.0~git.1463131968.4e66df7-2.5
  • freerdp2 openSUSE Tumbleweed 2.11.5-1.1

opensuse advisories openSUSE-SU-2024:10110-1openSUSE-SU-2024:13816-1

Vendor advisories

What the vendors themselves say about their products: affected, fixed or not affected, and what to do.

red hat product security vex CVE-2014-0791 updated cvss 6.8

freerdp: integer overflow in heap allocation in license_read_scope_list()

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 freerdp, freerdp-libs, freerdp-plugins
    affected: no fix planned “Will not fix”

Red Hat CSAF VEX © Red Hat, Inc., from https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/; changed: reduced to product statuses and remediations. CC BY 4.0 · csaf

Exploit prediction

1.83% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 79% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 2.0 6.8 AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Classification

Weakness

References

Sources

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