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CVE-2020-11017

Double Free

Published: May 29, 2020 | Modified: Nov 21, 2024
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
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Additional information
NVDhttps://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-11017
CWEhttps://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/415.html

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.

Affected Software

NameVendorStart VersionEnd Version
FreerdpFreerdp*2.1.0 (excluding)
FreerdpUbuntutrusty*
Freerdp2Ubuntubionic*
Freerdp2Ubuntueoan*
Freerdp2Ubuntuesm-infra/bionic*
Freerdp2Ubuntuesm-infra/focal*
Freerdp2Ubuntufocal*
Freerdp2Ubuntutrusty*
Freerdp2Ubuntuupstream*

Potential Mitigations

References

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