CVE-2020-11017 — In FreeRDP less than or equal to 2

In FreeRDP less than or equal to 2.0.0, by providing manipulated input a malicious client can create a double free condition and crash the server. This is fixed in version 2.1.0.

01What is this vulnerability?

In FreeRDP less than or equal to 2.0.0, by providing manipulated input a malicious client can create a double free condition and crash the server. This is fixed in version 2.1.0.

02Affected products

Vendor	Product	Versions
FreeRDP	FreeRDP	<= 2.0.0

03Active exploitation status

Not currently listed on the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog. EPSS is the best forward-looking signal — see the EPSS row above.

04Recommended remediation

• Patch to a fixed version listed in the vendor advisory (see references below).
• Mitigate with WAF rules, network egress filters, or feature flags where the patch is not yet available.
• Hunt historical logs for exploitation indicators — see Detection signatures below.

05Technical details

For the full vendor write-up, exploit chains, and reference implementations, see the references list in section 09.

06Detection signatures

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07Related CVEs

No directly-cited follow-up CVEs in the KB record for this advisory. The references list in section 09 carries the vendor cross-references.

08Timeline

• Published: 2020-05-29T00:00:00.000Z
• Last modified: 2024-08-04T11:21:14.379Z

09References

• github.com — https://github.com/FreeRDP/FreeRDP/security/advisories/GHSA-q5c8-fm29-q57c
• lists.opensuse.org — http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-07/msg00080.html
• lists.debian.org — https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2023/10/msg00008.html