CVE-2022-39316 Out of bound read in FreeRDP
A malicious server can cause a FreeRDP client to crash via an out-of-bounds read in the ZGFX decoder, requiring users to upgrade the library.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Any signed-in user
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- A user has to click or open something
- Fix
- Available
What is CVE-2022-39316?
CVE-2022-39316 is a medium-severity memory corruption vulnerability in Fedoraproject Fedora, published on 16 Nov 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. In affected versions there is an out of bound read in ZGFX decoder component of FreeRDP. A malicious server can trick a FreeRDP based client to read out of bound data and try to decode it likely resulting in a crash. This issue has been addressed in the 2.9.0 release. Users are advised to upgrade.
Weakness: CWE-125
Which versions are affected by CVE-2022-39316?
It affects 2 products.
Products include Fedoraproject Fedora, Freerdp Freerdp.
How do I fix CVE-2022-39316?
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-2022-39316 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2022-39316 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Fedoraproject Fedora
Sources
Also known as CLEANSTART-2024-AK27923, DEBIAN-CVE-2022-39316, GHSA-5w4j-mrrh-jjrm, UBUNTU-CVE-2022-39316.