CVE-2024-32460 FreeRDP Out-Of-Bounds Read in interleaved_decompress

High 8.1 Published Updated

FreeRDP clients using legacy GDI drawing paths are vulnerable to out-of-bounds reads, potentially causing crashes or data exposure.

Exploited in the wild
Not known
Login needed
Not needed
Attackable
Over the internet
Victim action needed
Not needed
Fix
Available

What is CVE-2024-32460?

CVE-2024-32460 is a high-severity memory corruption vulnerability in Fedoraproject Fedora, published on 22 Apr 2024. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.

Official description

FreeRDP is a free implementation of the Remote Desktop Protocol. FreeRDP based based clients using `/bpp:32` legacy `GDI` drawing path with a version of FreeRDP prior to 3.5.0 or 2.11.6 are vulnerable to out-of-bounds read. Versions 3.5.0 and 2.11.6 patch the issue. As a workaround, use modern drawing paths (e.g. `/rfx` or `/gfx` options). The workaround requires server side support.

Weakness: CWE-125

Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-32460?

It affects 2 products.

Products include Fedoraproject Fedora, Freerdp Freerdp.

How do I fix CVE-2024-32460?

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-2024-32460 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-32460 in the wild and no public exploit code.

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Sources

Also known as CLSA-2026-1768385951, DEBIAN-CVE-2024-32460, GHSA-4rr8-gr65-vqrr, UBUNTU-CVE-2024-32460.

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