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TI-2020-10508 Aliases CVE-2020-13398GHSA-hgh6-vp5r-48rp

An issue was discovered in FreeRDP before 2.1.1.

Priority MEDIUM 41CWE-787Published · Updated

Key facts

Attack vector
Network
Privileges required
Low
User interaction
None
Attack complexity
Low
Impact type
Code execution
Confidentiality · integrity · availability
High · High · Low
Fix status
Fixed

Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · NVD. Fix status from CNA and Red Hat. Impact type from CWE-787 and the CVSS impact.

Summary

An issue was discovered in FreeRDP before 2.1.1. An out-of-bounds (OOB) write vulnerability has been detected in crypto_rsa_common in libfreerdp/crypto/crypto.c.

Why it matters now

EPSS 0.02325 83rd percentileScored 2026-11-07
Fix Fixed Red Hat: 5 advisories

SSVC decision points

Not available: CISA has not published SSVC decision points for this record.

Affected products

VendorProductAffected versionsFixed inStatusSource
——all versions—No fix listedCNA
  • — Vendor— Affected all versions Fixed in — No fix listed CNA

CPE configurations NVD · 8

CPEVersionsRoleVendor
cpe:2.3:a:freerdp:freerdp:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*before 2.1.1VulnerableFreeRDP
cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:16.04:*:*:*:esm:*:*:*16.04VulnerableCanonical
cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:18.04:*:*:*:esm:*:*:*18.04VulnerableCanonical
cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:19.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:*19.10VulnerableCanonical
cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:20.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:*20.04VulnerableCanonical
cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:9.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*9.0VulnerableDebian
cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:10.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*10.0VulnerableDebian
cpe:2.3:o:opensuse:leap:15.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*15.1VulnerableopenSUSE
  • cpe:2.3:a:freerdp:freerdp:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions before 2.1.1 Vulnerable ·FreeRDP
  • cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:16.04:*:*:*:esm:*:*:* Versions 16.04 Vulnerable ·Canonical
  • cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:18.04:*:*:*:esm:*:*:* Versions 18.04 Vulnerable ·Canonical
  • cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:19.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 19.10 Vulnerable ·Canonical
  • cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:20.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:* Versions 20.04 Vulnerable ·Canonical
  • cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:9.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 9.0 Vulnerable ·Debian
  • cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:10.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 10.0 Vulnerable ·Debian
  • cpe:2.3:o:opensuse:leap:15.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 15.1 Vulnerable ·openSUSE

Remediation

Red Hat 5 advisories

  • RHSA-2020:2415 Released 2020-06-08 · Red Hat rating Important
    freerdp security update
    • Red Hat CodeReady Linux Builder EUS (v. 8.1) freerdp-devel-2:2.0.0-46.rc4.el8_1.2
    • Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream EUS (v. 8.1) freerdp-2:2.0.0-46.rc4.el8_1.2, freerdp-libs-2:2.0.0-46.rc4.el8_1.2, libwinpr-2:2.0.0-46.rc4.el8_1.2 +1
  • RHSA-2020:2417 Released 2020-06-08 · Red Hat rating Important
    freerdp security update
    • Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream E4S (v. 8.0) freerdp-2:2.0.0-46.rc4.el8_0.2, freerdp-libs-2:2.0.0-46.rc4.el8_0.2, libwinpr-2:2.0.0-46.rc4.el8_0.2 +1
  • RHSA-2020:2405 Released 2020-06-05 · Red Hat rating Important
    freerdp security update
    • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Client (v. 7) freerdp-2.0.0-4.rc4.el7_8.1, freerdp-libs-2.0.0-4.rc4.el7_8.1, libwinpr-2.0.0-4.rc4.el7_8.1
    • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Client Optional (v. 7) freerdp-devel-2.0.0-4.rc4.el7_8.1, libwinpr-devel-2.0.0-4.rc4.el7_8.1
    • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 7) freerdp-2.0.0-4.rc4.el7_8.1, freerdp-libs-2.0.0-4.rc4.el7_8.1, freerdp-libs-2.0.0-4.rc4.el7_8.1.ppc +2
    • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Optional (v. 7) freerdp-devel-2.0.0-4.rc4.el7_8.1, freerdp-devel-2.0.0-4.rc4.el7_8.1.ppc, libwinpr-devel-2.0.0-4.rc4.el7_8.1 +1
    • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation (v. 7) freerdp-2.0.0-4.rc4.el7_8.1, freerdp-libs-2.0.0-4.rc4.el7_8.1, libwinpr-2.0.0-4.rc4.el7_8.1
    • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation Optional (v. 7) freerdp-devel-2.0.0-4.rc4.el7_8.1, libwinpr-devel-2.0.0-4.rc4.el7_8.1
Show 2 more Red Hat advisories
  • RHSA-2020:2407 Released 2020-06-04 · Red Hat rating Important
    freerdp security update
    • Red Hat CodeReady Linux Builder (v. 8) freerdp-devel-2:2.0.0-46.rc4.el8_2.2
    • Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 8) freerdp-2:2.0.0-46.rc4.el8_2.2, freerdp-libs-2:2.0.0-46.rc4.el8_2.2, libwinpr-2:2.0.0-46.rc4.el8_2.2 +1
  • RHSA-2020:2406 Released 2020-06-04 · Red Hat rating Important
    freerdp security update
    • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop (v. 6) freerdp-1.0.2-7.el6_10, freerdp-libs-1.0.2-7.el6_10, freerdp-plugins-1.0.2-7.el6_10
    • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop Optional (v. 6) freerdp-devel-1.0.2-7.el6_10, freerdp-libs-1.0.2-7.el6_10
    • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 6) freerdp-1.0.2-7.el6_10, freerdp-libs-1.0.2-7.el6_10, freerdp-plugins-1.0.2-7.el6_10
    • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Optional (v. 6) freerdp-devel-1.0.2-7.el6_10, freerdp-devel-1.0.2-7.el6_10.ppc, freerdp-libs-1.0.2-7.el6_10 +1
    • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation (v. 6) freerdp-1.0.2-7.el6_10, freerdp-libs-1.0.2-7.el6_10, freerdp-plugins-1.0.2-7.el6_10
    • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation Optional (v. 6) freerdp-devel-1.0.2-7.el6_10, freerdp-libs-1.0.2-7.el6_10

Vendor assessments

Red Hat

Red Hat rating: Important. Red Hat's page for this CVE →

ProductStatusPlan or fix
Red Hat CodeReady Linux Builder (v. 8)Fixed RHSA-2020:2407
Red Hat CodeReady Linux Builder EUS (v. 8.1)Fixed RHSA-2020:2415
Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 8)Fixed RHSA-2020:2407
Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream E4S (v. 8.0)Fixed RHSA-2020:2417
Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream EUS (v. 8.1)Fixed RHSA-2020:2415
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Client (v. 7)Fixed RHSA-2020:2405
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Client Optional (v. 7)Fixed RHSA-2020:2405
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop (v. 6)Fixed RHSA-2020:2406
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop Optional (v. 6)Fixed RHSA-2020:2406
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 6)Fixed RHSA-2020:2406
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 7)Fixed RHSA-2020:2405
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Optional (v. 6)Fixed RHSA-2020:2406
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Optional (v. 7)Fixed RHSA-2020:2405
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation (v. 6)Fixed RHSA-2020:2406
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation (v. 7)Fixed RHSA-2020:2405
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation Optional (v. 6)Fixed RHSA-2020:2406
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation Optional (v. 7)Fixed RHSA-2020:2405

Timeline

  1. 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2020-13398
  2. 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-hgh6-vp5r-48rp

References

Patch 1

Advisory 7

Sources

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