CVE Vulnerabilities

CVE-2020-11017

Double Free

Published: May 29, 2020 | Modified: Oct 24, 2023
CVSS 3.x
6.5
MEDIUM
Source:
NVD
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
CVSS 2.x
4 MEDIUM
AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:N/I:N/A:P
RedHat/V2
RedHat/V3
6.5 MODERATE
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Ubuntu
MEDIUM

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.

Weakness

The product calls free() twice on the same memory address, potentially leading to modification of unexpected memory locations.

Affected Software

Name Vendor Start Version End Version
Freerdp Freerdp * 2.1.0 (excluding)
Freerdp Ubuntu trusty *
Freerdp2 Ubuntu bionic *
Freerdp2 Ubuntu eoan *
Freerdp2 Ubuntu focal *
Freerdp2 Ubuntu trusty *
Freerdp2 Ubuntu upstream *

Potential Mitigations

References