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CVE-2020-4032 json

Integer casting vulnerability in `update_recv_secondary_order` in FreeRDP

published 6y ago modified 4mo ago also EUVD-2020-25297

cvss
3.1
version 3.1, CNA
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
1.9%
EPSS 1.9% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 79%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

In FreeRDP before version 2.1.2, there is an integer casting vulnerability in update_recv_secondary_order. All clients with +glyph-cache /relax-order-checks are affected. 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-2020-4032

  • 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-2020-4032

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 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 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-2020-4032

Alpine secdb © Alpine Linux, from https://secdb.alpinelinux.org via OSV; changed: normalised to fixed package versions per release. CC BY-SA 4.0

  • 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-2020-4032 updated cvss 5.3

freerdp: integer casting vulnerability in update_recv_secondary_order

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 freerdp, freerdp-libs, freerdp-plugins Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 freerdp, libwinpr, freerdp-libs, freerdp-plugins Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 freerdp, libwinpr, freerdp-libs
    not affected: vulnerable code not present

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Exploit prediction

1.89% 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
CNA 3.1 3.1 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N
NVD 3.1 4.3 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N
NVD 2.0 4.3 AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N

Affected products

  • FreeRDP FreeRDP

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-681 Incorrect Conversion between Numeric Types

References

Sources

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