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CVE-2020-11058 json

Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer in FreeRDP

published 6y ago modified 4mo ago also EUVD-2020-3436

cvss
2.2
version 3.1, CNA
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
1.5%
EPSS 1.5% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 75%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

In FreeRDP after 1.1 and before 2.0.0, a stream out-of-bounds seek in rdp_read_font_capability_set could lead to a later out-of-bounds read. As a result, a manipulated client or server might force a disconnect due to an invalid data read. This has been fixed in 2.0.0.

Patch / fix

  • freerdp2 Debian 12 2.1.1+dfsg1-1

debian advisories DEBIAN-CVE-2020-11058

  • freerdp Ubuntu 16.04 LTS 1.1.0~git20140921.1.440916e+dfsg1-5ubuntu1.4
  • freerdp Ubuntu 18.04 LTS 1.1.0~git20140921.1.440916e+dfsg1-15ubuntu1.18.04.2
  • freerdp2 Ubuntu 18.04 LTS 2.1.1+dfsg1-0ubuntu0.18.04.1
  • freerdp2 Ubuntu 20.04 LTS 2.1.1+dfsg1-0ubuntu0.20.04.1

ubuntu advisories UBUNTU-CVE-2020-11058

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  • freerdp RHEL 8 2:2.1.1-1.el8
  • vinagre RHEL 8 3.22.0-23.el8
  • libwinpr RHEL 8 2:2.1.1-1.el8
  • freerdp-libs RHEL 8 2:2.1.1-1.el8
  • freerdp RHEL 7 2.1.1-2.el7
  • libwinpr RHEL 7 2.1.1-2.el7
  • freerdp-libs RHEL 7 2.1.1-2.el7

red hat advisories RHSA-2020:4647RHSA-2020:4031

  • vinagre AlmaLinux 8 3.22.0-23.el8

almalinux advisories ALSA-2020:4647

  • vinagre Rocky Linux 8 3.22.0-23.el8

rocky linux advisories RLSA-2020:4647

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red hat product security vex CVE-2020-11058 updated cvss 2.2

freerdp: stream out-of-bounds seek in rdp_read_font_capability_set could lead to out-of-bounds read

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 freerdp, freerdp-libs, freerdp-plugins
    affected: no fix planned “Out of support scope”
  • Red Hat CodeReady Linux Builder (v. 8) freerdp-devel 2.1.1-1.el8, freerdp-debuginfo 2.1.1-1.el8, libwinpr-debuginfo 2.1.1-1.el8, freerdp-debugsource 2.1.1-1.el8, freerdp-libs-debuginfo 2.1.1-1.el8 Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 8) freerdp 2.1.1-1.el8, libwinpr 2.1.1-1.el8, vinagre 3.22.0-23.el8, freerdp-libs 2.1.1-1.el8
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2020:4647
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Client (v. 7) freerdp 2.1.1-2.el7, libwinpr 2.1.1-2.el7, freerdp-libs 2.1.1-2.el7 Red Hat Enterprise Linux Client Optional (v. 7) freerdp-devel 2.1.1-2.el7, libwinpr-devel 2.1.1-2.el7, freerdp-debuginfo 2.1.1-2.el7 Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 7) freerdp 2.1.1-2.el7, libwinpr 2.1.1-2.el7, freerdp-libs 2.1.1-2.el7 Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Optional (v. 7) freerdp-devel 2.1.1-2.el7, libwinpr-devel 2.1.1-2.el7, freerdp-debuginfo 2.1.1-2.el7 Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation (v. 7) freerdp 2.1.1-2.el7, libwinpr 2.1.1-2.el7, freerdp-libs 2.1.1-2.el7 Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation Optional (v. 7) freerdp-devel 2.1.1-2.el7, libwinpr-devel 2.1.1-2.el7, freerdp-debuginfo 2.1.1-2.el7
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2020:4031

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Exploit prediction

1.55% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 75% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
CNA 3.1 2.2 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L
NVD 3.1 2.2 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L
NVD 2.0 3.5 AV:N/AC:M/Au:S/C:N/I:N/A:P

Affected products

  • FreeRDP FreeRDP

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-119 Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer
  • CWE-125 Out-of-bounds Read

References

Sources

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