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CVE-2019-17177 json

libfreerdp/codec/region.c in FreeRDP through 1.1.x and 2.x through 2.0.0-rc4 has memory leaks because a supplied realloc pointer (i.e., the…

published 7y ago modified 4mo ago also EUVD-2019-7611

cvss
7.5
version 3.1, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
2.7%
EPSS 2.7% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 85%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

libfreerdp/codec/region.c in FreeRDP through 1.1.x and 2.x through 2.0.0-rc4 has memory leaks because a supplied realloc pointer (i.e., the first argument to realloc) is also used for a realloc return value.

Patch / fix

  • freerdp2 Debian 12 2.0.0~git20190204.1.2693389a+dfsg1-2

debian advisories DEBIAN-CVE-2019-17177

  • freerdp2 Ubuntu 18.04 LTS 2.1.1+dfsg1-0ubuntu0.18.04.1

ubuntu advisories UBUNTU-CVE-2019-17177

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 SLE Workstation Extension 15 SP1 2.0.0~rc4-10.4.1
  • freerdp SLE Workstation Extension 15 2.0.0~rc4-3.10.1
  • freerdp SLED 12 SP4, SLE Workstation Extension 12 SP5, SLE Workstation Extension 12 SP4 +2 more 2.0.0~git.1463131968.4e66df7-12.11.1

suse advisories SUSE-SU-2019:3079-1SUSE-SU-2019:3078-1SUSE-SU-2019:3077-1

  • freerdp2 openSUSE Tumbleweed 2.4.0-2.1
  • freerdp openSUSE Leap 15.1 2.0.0~rc4-lp151.5.3.1
  • freerdp openSUSE Leap 15.0 2.0.0~rc4-lp150.10.1

opensuse advisories openSUSE-SU-2024:10768-1openSUSE-SU-2019:2608-1openSUSE-SU-2019:2604-1

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Vendor advisories

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red hat product security vex CVE-2019-17177 updated cvss 5.9

freerdp: supplied realloc pointer leads to memory leak

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 freerdp, libwinpr, freerdp-libs, freerdp-plugins Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 freerdp, libwinpr, freerdp-libs
    affected: no fix available
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 freerdp, freerdp-libs, freerdp-plugins
    not affected: vulnerable code not present

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

2.69% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 85% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 3.1 7.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
NVD 2.0 5.0 AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-401 Missing Release of Memory after Effective Lifetime

References

Sources

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