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TI-2022-18692 Aliases CVE-2022-39316

Out of bound read in FreeRDP

Priority LOW 28CWE-125Published · Updated

Key facts

Attack vector
Network
Privileges required
Low
User interaction
Required
Attack complexity
Low
Impact type
Denial of service
Confidentiality · integrity · availability
None · None · High
Fix status
Partial Red Hat: 4 fixed, 2 without a fix

Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · NVD. Fix status from CNA and Red Hat. Impact type from CWE-125 and the CVSS impact.

Summary

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.

Why it matters now

EPSS 0.01063 64th percentileScored 2026-11-07
Fix Partial FreeRDP (FreeRDP): 2.9.0Red Hat: 2 advisoriesRed Hat: 4 fixed, 2 without a fix

SSVC decision points

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

Affected products

VendorProductAffected versionsFixed inStatusSource
FreeRDPFreeRDPbefore 2.9.02.9.0Patch availableCNA
  • FreeRDP VendorFreeRDP Affected before 2.9.0 Fixed in 2.9.0 Patch available CNA

CPE configurations NVD · 3

CPEVersionsRoleVendor
cpe:2.3:a:freerdp:freerdp:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*before 2.9.0VulnerableFreeRDP
cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:36:*:*:*:*:*:*:*36VulnerableFedoraproject
cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:37:*:*:*:*:*:*:*37VulnerableFedoraproject
  • cpe:2.3:a:freerdp:freerdp:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions before 2.9.0 Vulnerable ·FreeRDP
  • cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:36:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 36 Vulnerable ·Fedoraproject
  • cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:37:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 37 Vulnerable ·Fedoraproject

Remediation

  • Fix · CNA FreeRDP (FreeRDP) Fixed in 2.9.0

Red Hat 2 advisories

  • RHSA-2023:2851 Released 2023-05-16 · Red Hat rating Moderate
    freerdp security update
    • Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 8) freerdp-2:2.2.0-10.el8, freerdp-libs-2:2.2.0-10.el8, libwinpr-2:2.2.0-10.el8 +1
    • Red Hat Enterprise Linux CRB (v. 8) freerdp-devel-2:2.2.0-10.el8
  • RHSA-2023:2326 Released 2023-05-09 · Red Hat rating Moderate
    freerdp security update
    • Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 9) freerdp-2:2.4.1-5.el9, freerdp-libs-2:2.4.1-5.el9, libwinpr-2:2.4.1-5.el9
    • Red Hat Enterprise Linux CRB (v. 9) freerdp-devel-2:2.4.1-5.el9, libwinpr-devel-2:2.4.1-5.el9

Fixed in the same release

Records fixed by the same vendor advisory or release, as the CNA lists them.

  • Advisory ·

    FreeRDP — FEDORA-2022-076b1c9978

    7 records Highest priority Priority LOW 7 LOW

    Other records, highest priority first

    • TI-2022-18722 Missing path sanitation with `drive` channel in FreeRDPPriority LOW 28
    • TI-2022-18694 Division by zero in urbdrc channel in FreeRDPPriority LOW 28
    • TI-2022-18696 Heap buffer overflow in urbdrc channelPriority LOW 26
    Show all 7 records → Advisory →
  • Advisory ·

    FreeRDP — GLSA-202401-16

    7 records Highest priority Priority LOW 7 LOW

    Other records, highest priority first

    • TI-2022-18722 Missing path sanitation with `drive` channel in FreeRDPPriority LOW 28
    • TI-2022-18694 Division by zero in urbdrc channel in FreeRDPPriority LOW 28
    • TI-2022-18696 Heap buffer overflow in urbdrc channelPriority LOW 26
    Show all 7 records → Advisory →

Vendor assessments

Red Hat

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

ProductStatusPlan or fix
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6AffectedNo fix planned: Out of support scope
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7AffectedNo fix planned: Out of support scope
Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 8)Fixed RHSA-2023:2851
Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 9)Fixed RHSA-2023:2326
Red Hat Enterprise Linux CRB (v. 8)Fixed RHSA-2023:2851
Red Hat Enterprise Linux CRB (v. 9)Fixed RHSA-2023:2326

Timeline

  1. 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2022-39316

References

Patch 1

Advisory 4

Other 1

  • TI-2026-85092 Use-after-free in FreeRDP rdpgfx channel close handling CVSS 4.0CRITICAL 9.3
  • TI-2026-85091 Out-of-bounds write in FreeRDP proxy via bitmap cache v2 capability CVSS 4.0CRITICAL 9.3
  • TI-2026-24435 FreeRDP has a `size_t` underflow in ADPCM decoder leads to heap-buffer-overflow write CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
  • TI-2023-21373 Out-Of-Bounds Write in FreeRDP CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
  • TI-2022-08692 Server side NTLM does not properly check parameters in FreeRDP CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.1
  • TI-2023-21374 Out-Of-Bounds Read in FreeRDP CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.1
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