CVE-2022-39282 RDP client: Read of uninitialized memory with parallel port redirection

What is CVE-2022-39282?

CVE-2022-39282 is a low-severity vulnerability in Fedoraproject Fedora, published on 12 Oct 2022. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.

Official description

FreeRDP is a free remote desktop protocol library and clients. FreeRDP based clients on unix systems using `/parallel` command line switch might read uninitialized data and send it to the server the client is currently connected to. FreeRDP based server implementations are not affected. Please upgrade to 2.8.1 where this issue is patched. If unable to upgrade, do not use parallel port redirection (`/parallel` command line switch) as a workaround.

Weakness: CWE-908

Which versions are affected by CVE-2022-39282?

It affects 2 products.

Products include Fedoraproject Fedora, Freerdp Freerdp.

How do I fix CVE-2022-39282?

Upgrade to a fixed version.

Is CVE-2022-39282 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2022-39282 in the wild and no public exploit code.

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Sources

• CVE record
• NVD
• OSV
• GitHub advisory
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Also known as DEBIAN-CVE-2022-39282, GHSA-c45q-wcpg-mxjq, UBUNTU-CVE-2022-39282.