reeRDP is a free implementation of the Remote Desktop Protocol (RDP), released under the Apache license. In affected versions there is a Global-Buffer-Overflow in the ncrush_decompress function. Feeding crafted input into this function can trigger the overflow which has only been shown to cause a crash. This issue has been addressed in versions 2.11.0 and 3.0.0-beta3. Users are advised to upgrade. There are no known workarounds for this issue.
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| References | () https://github.com/FreeRDP/FreeRDP/commit/16141a30f983dd6f7a6e5b0356084171942c9416 - Patch | |
| References | () https://github.com/FreeRDP/FreeRDP/security/advisories/GHSA-gc34-mw6m-g42x - Exploit, Vendor Advisory | |
| References | () https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2023/10/msg00008.html - Mailing List, Third Party Advisory | |
| References | () https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/A6LLDAPEXRDJOM3PREDDD267SSNT77DP/ - Mailing List, Third Party Advisory | |
| References | () https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/IHMTGKCZXJPQOR5ZD2I4GPDNP2DKRXMF/ - Mailing List, Third Party Advisory | |
| References | () https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/OH2ATH2BKDNKCJAU4WPPXK4SHLE3UJUV/ - Mailing List, Third Party Advisory | |
| References | () https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202401-16 - |
Published : 2023-08-31 19:15
Updated : 2025-11-03 21:16
NVD link : CVE-2023-40589
Mitre link : CVE-2023-40589
CVE.ORG link : CVE-2023-40589
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Buffer Copy without Checking Size of Input ('Classic Buffer Overflow')