CVE-2020-13396 Memory corruption in n/a

High 7.1 Published Updated

An out-of-bounds read in FreeRDP's NTLM implementation allows attackers to cause denial of service or disclose sensitive memory contents.

Exploited in the wild
Not known
Login needed
Any signed-in user
Attackable
Over the internet
Victim action needed
Not needed
Fix
Available

What is CVE-2020-13396?

CVE-2020-13396 is a high-severity memory corruption vulnerability in Canonical Ubuntu Linux, published on 22 May 2020. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.

Official description

An issue was discovered in FreeRDP before 2.1.1. An out-of-bounds (OOB) read vulnerability has been detected in ntlm_read_ChallengeMessage in winpr/libwinpr/sspi/NTLM/ntlm_message.c.

Weakness: CWE-125

Which versions are affected by CVE-2020-13396?

It affects 4 products.

Products include Canonical Ubuntu Linux, Debian Debian Linux, Freerdp Freerdp, Opensuse Leap.

How do I fix CVE-2020-13396?

Upgrade to a fixed version.

Upgrade to the fixed version. Memory-safe languages, compiler hardening and fuzzing prevent most new cases. More about Memory corruption.

Is CVE-2020-13396 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2020-13396 in the wild and no public exploit code.

All Canonical Ubuntu Linux vulnerabilities

Sources

Also known as CLEANSTART-2024-NO80619, DEBIAN-CVE-2020-13396, GHSA-5cv3-wf6w-ffmx, UBUNTU-CVE-2020-13396.

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