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CVE-2020-4030 json

OOB read in `TrioParse` in FreeRDP

published 6y ago modified 4mo ago also EUVD-2020-25295

cvss
3.5
version 3.1, CNA
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
1.7%
EPSS 1.7% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 77%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

In FreeRDP before version 2.1.2, there is an out of bounds read in TrioParse. Logging might bypass string length checks due to an integer overflow. This is fixed in version 2.1.2.

Patch / fix

  • freerdp freerdp 2.1.2
  • freerdp2 Debian 12 2.1.2+dfsg1-1

debian advisories DEBIAN-CVE-2020-4030

  • freerdp2 Ubuntu 18.04 LTS 2.2.0+dfsg1-0ubuntu0.18.04.1
  • freerdp2 Ubuntu 20.04 LTS 2.2.0+dfsg1-0ubuntu0.20.04.1

ubuntu advisories UBUNTU-CVE-2020-4030

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  • freerdp RHEL 8 2:2.2.0-1.el8
  • libwinpr RHEL 8 2:2.2.0-1.el8
  • freerdp-libs RHEL 8 2:2.2.0-1.el8

red hat advisories RHSA-2021:1849

  • freerdp SLE Workstation Extension 12 SP5, SLE Software Development Kit 12 SP5 2.1.2-12.20.1
  • vinagre SLE Workstation Extension 12 SP5 3.20.2-16.3.3
  • freerdp SLE Workstation Extension 15 SP2 2.1.2-15.7.1
  • freerdp SLE Workstation Extension 15 SP1 2.1.2-10.15.1

suse advisories SUSE-SU-2020:2272-1SUSE-SU-2020:2068-1SUSE-SU-2020:2032-1

  • freerdp2 openSUSE Tumbleweed 2.4.0-2.1
  • freerdp openSUSE Leap 15.1 2.1.2-lp151.5.6.1

opensuse advisories openSUSE-SU-2024:10768-1openSUSE-SU-2020:1090-1

  • freerdp Rocky Linux 8 2:2.2.0-1.el8
  • freerdp Rocky Linux 8 2:2.2.0-10.el8

rocky linux advisories RLSA-2021:1849

  • freerdp Alpine 3.24, Alpine 3.23, Alpine 3.22 +10 more 2.1.2-r0
  • freerdp2 Alpine 3.24, Alpine 3.23, Alpine 3.22 2.1.2-r0

alpine advisories ALPINE-CVE-2020-4030

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  • freerdp Arch Linux 2:2.1.2-1

arch linux advisories AVG-1193

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Vendor advisories

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red hat product security vex CVE-2020-4030 updated cvss 6.5

freerdp: out of bounds read in TrioParse

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 freerdp, libwinpr, freerdp-libs, freerdp-plugins
    affected: no fix planned “Will not fix”
  • Red Hat CodeReady Linux Builder (v. 8) freerdp-devel 2.2.0-1.el8, freerdp-debuginfo 2.2.0-1.el8, libwinpr-debuginfo 2.2.0-1.el8, freerdp-debugsource 2.2.0-1.el8, freerdp-libs-debuginfo 2.2.0-1.el8 Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 8) freerdp 2.2.0-1.el8, libwinpr 2.2.0-1.el8, freerdp-libs 2.2.0-1.el8
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2021:1849
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 freerdp, freerdp-libs, freerdp-plugins
    not affected: vulnerable code not present

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Exploit prediction

1.70% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 77% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
CNA 3.1 3.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:L/A:N
NVD 3.1 6.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:L
NVD 2.0 6.4 AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:P

Affected products

  • FreeRDP FreeRDP

Classification

Weakness

References

Sources

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