CVE-2020-13397 — An issue was discovered in FreeRDP before 2
An issue was discovered in FreeRDP before 2.1.1. An out-of-bounds (OOB) read vulnerability has been detected in security_fips_decrypt in libfreerdp/core/security.c due to an uninitialized value.
Published
2020-05-22T00:00:00.000Z
Last modified
2024-08-04T12:18:17.726Z
01What is this vulnerability?
An issue was discovered in FreeRDP before 2.1.1. An out-of-bounds (OOB) read vulnerability has been detected in security_fips_decrypt in libfreerdp/core/security.c due to an uninitialized value.
02Affected products
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|
| n | a / n/a | n/a |
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: 2020-05-22T00:00:00.000Z
- Last modified: 2024-08-04T12:18:17.726Z
09References
- github.com — https://github.com/FreeRDP/FreeRDP/compare/2.1.0...2.1.1
- github.com — https://github.com/FreeRDP/FreeRDP/commit/8fb6336a4072abcee8ce5bd6ae91104628c7bb…
- github.com — https://github.com/FreeRDP/FreeRDP/commit/d6cd14059b257318f176c0ba3ee0a348826a9e…
- usn.ubuntu.com — https://usn.ubuntu.com/4379-1/
- usn.ubuntu.com — https://usn.ubuntu.com/4382-1/
- lists.opensuse.org — http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-07/msg00080.html
- lists.debian.org — https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/08/msg00054.html
- lists.debian.org — https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2023/10/msg00008.html
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