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CVE-2024-32660: FreeRDP zgfx_decompress out of memory vulnerability
- Severity: high (CVSS 7.5 v3.1)
- Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
- EPSS: 1.2% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
- Public exploit or detection template: none known
- Published: 2024-04-23 · updated 2026-06-17
- Weakness: CWE-770
Description
FreeRDP is a free implementation of the Remote Desktop Protocol. Prior to version 3.5.1, a malicious server can crash the FreeRDP client by sending invalid huge allocation size. Version 3.5.1 contains a patch for the issue. No known workarounds are available.
Affected products
- Fedoraproject Fedora: 38, 39, 40
- FreeRDP: before 2.11.7; from 3.0.0 before 3.5.1 — fixed in 2.11.7, 3.5.1
How to fix
Upgrade to a fixed version: FreeRDP 2.11.7, 3.5.1. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.
References
- https://github.com/FreeRDP/FreeRDP/commit/5e5d27cf310e4c10b854be7667bfb7a5d774eb47
- https://github.com/FreeRDP/FreeRDP/security/advisories/GHSA-mxv6-2cw6-m3mx
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/5JL476WVJSIE7SBUKVJRVA6A52V2HOLZ/
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/7SIS6NUNLUBOV4CPCSWKDE6T6C2W3WTR/
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/PX3U6YPZQ7PEJBVKSBUOLWVH7DHROHY5/
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/ZKI4UISUXYNBPN4K6TIQKDRTIJ6CDCKJ/
- https://oss-fuzz.com/testcase-detail/5559242514825216
- https://github.com/FreeRDP/FreeRDP/commit/5e5d27cf310e4c10b854be7667bfb7a5d774eb47
- https://github.com/FreeRDP/FreeRDP/security/advisories/GHSA-mxv6-2cw6-m3mx
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2025/02/msg00016.html
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/5JL476WVJSIE7SBUKVJRVA6A52V2HOLZ/
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/7SIS6NUNLUBOV4CPCSWKDE6T6C2W3WTR/
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