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high 8.3

CVE-2020-13398 json

An issue was discovered in FreeRDP before 2.1.1.

published 2020-05-22 6 y ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also EUVD-2020-5655

cvss
8.3
version 3.1, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
2.3%
EPSS 2.3% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 83%
public exploits
0
none known

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.

Patch / fix

  • freerdp freerdp 2.1.1
  • freerdp2 Debian 12 2.1.1+dfsg1-1

debian advisories DEBIAN-CVE-2020-13398

  • freerdp Ubuntu 16.04 LTS 1.1.0~git20140921.1.440916e+dfsg1-5ubuntu1.4
  • freerdp Ubuntu 18.04 LTS 1.1.0~git20140921.1.440916e+dfsg1-15ubuntu1.18.04.2
  • freerdp2 Ubuntu 18.04 LTS 2.1.1+dfsg1-0ubuntu0.18.04.1
  • freerdp2 Ubuntu 20.04 LTS 2.1.1+dfsg1-0ubuntu0.20.04.1

ubuntu advisories UBUNTU-CVE-2020-13398

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  • freerdp RHEL 7 2.0.0-4.rc4.el7_8.1
  • libwinpr RHEL 7 2.0.0-4.rc4.el7_8.1
  • freerdp-libs RHEL 7 2.0.0-4.rc4.el7_8.1
  • freerdp RHEL 8 2:2.0.0-46.rc4.el8_2.2
  • libwinpr RHEL 8 2:2.0.0-46.rc4.el8_2.2
  • freerdp-libs RHEL 8 2:2.0.0-46.rc4.el8_2.2
  • freerdp RHEL 6 1.0.2-7.el6_10
  • freerdp-libs RHEL 6 1.0.2-7.el6_10

red hat advisories RHSA-2020:2415RHSA-2020:2417RHSA-2020:2405RHSA-2020:2407RHSA-2020:2406

  • freerdp SLE Workstation Extension 12 SP5, SLE Software Development Kit 12 SP5 2.1.2-12.20.1
  • vinagre SLE Workstation Extension 12 SP5 3.20.2-16.3.3
  • freerdp SLE Workstation Extension 15 SP2 2.1.2-15.7.1
  • freerdp SLE Workstation Extension 15 SP1 2.1.2-10.15.1

suse advisories SUSE-SU-2020:2272-1SUSE-SU-2020:2068-1SUSE-SU-2020:2032-1

  • freerdp2 openSUSE Tumbleweed 2.4.0-2.1
  • freerdp openSUSE Leap 15.1 2.1.2-lp151.5.6.1

opensuse advisories openSUSE-SU-2024:10768-1openSUSE-SU-2020:1090-1

  • freerdp Alpine 3.24, Alpine 3.23, Alpine 3.22 +10 more 2.0.0-r1
  • freerdp2 Alpine 3.24, Alpine 3.23, Alpine 3.22 2.0.0-r1

alpine advisories ALPINE-CVE-2020-13398

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  • freerdp Arch Linux 2:2.1.1-1

arch linux advisories AVG-1172

Vendor advisories

What the vendors themselves say about their products: affected, fixed or not affected, and what to do.

red hat product security vex CVE-2020-13398 updated cvss 8.3

freerdp: Out-of-bounds write in crypto_rsa_common in libfreerdp/crypto/crypto.c

  • Red Hat CodeReady Linux Builder (v. 8) freerdp-devel 2.0.0-46.rc4.el8_2.2, freerdp-debuginfo 2.0.0-46.rc4.el8_2.2, libwinpr-debuginfo 2.0.0-46.rc4.el8_2.2, freerdp-debugsource 2.0.0-46.rc4.el8_2.2, freerdp-libs-debuginfo 2.0.0-46.rc4.el8_2.2
    fixed: vendor fix “To mitigate this flaw, only make connection attempts to trusted RDP servers from the RDP client application.” RHSA-2020:2407
  • Red Hat CodeReady Linux Builder EUS (v. 8.1) freerdp-devel 2.0.0-46.rc4.el8_1.2, freerdp-debuginfo 2.0.0-46.rc4.el8_1.2, libwinpr-debuginfo 2.0.0-46.rc4.el8_1.2, freerdp-debugsource 2.0.0-46.rc4.el8_1.2, freerdp-libs-debuginfo 2.0.0-46.rc4.el8_1.2
    fixed: vendor fix “To mitigate this flaw, only make connection attempts to trusted RDP servers from the RDP client application.” RHSA-2020:2415
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 8) freerdp 2.0.0-46.rc4.el8_2.2, libwinpr 2.0.0-46.rc4.el8_2.2, freerdp-libs 2.0.0-46.rc4.el8_2.2
    fixed: vendor fix “To mitigate this flaw, only make connection attempts to trusted RDP servers from the RDP client application.” RHSA-2020:2407
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream E4S (v. 8.0) freerdp 2.0.0-46.rc4.el8_0.2, libwinpr 2.0.0-46.rc4.el8_0.2, freerdp-libs 2.0.0-46.rc4.el8_0.2
    fixed: vendor fix “To mitigate this flaw, only make connection attempts to trusted RDP servers from the RDP client application.” RHSA-2020:2417
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream EUS (v. 8.1) freerdp 2.0.0-46.rc4.el8_1.2, libwinpr 2.0.0-46.rc4.el8_1.2, freerdp-libs 2.0.0-46.rc4.el8_1.2
    fixed: vendor fix “To mitigate this flaw, only make connection attempts to trusted RDP servers from the RDP client application.” RHSA-2020:2415
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Client (v. 7) freerdp 2.0.0-4.rc4.el7_8.1, libwinpr 2.0.0-4.rc4.el7_8.1, freerdp-libs 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, freerdp-debuginfo 2.0.0-4.rc4.el7_8.1
    fixed: vendor fix “To mitigate this flaw, only make connection attempts to trusted RDP servers from the RDP client application.” RHSA-2020:2405
  • 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-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
    fixed: vendor fix “To mitigate this flaw, only make connection attempts to trusted RDP servers from the RDP client application.” RHSA-2020:2406
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 7) freerdp 2.0.0-4.rc4.el7_8.1, libwinpr 2.0.0-4.rc4.el7_8.1, freerdp-libs 2.0.0-4.rc4.el7_8.1
    fixed: vendor fix “To mitigate this flaw, only make connection attempts to trusted RDP servers from the RDP client application.” RHSA-2020:2405
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  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Optional (v. 6) freerdp-libs 1.0.2-7.el6_10
    fixed: vendor fix “To mitigate this flaw, only make connection attempts to trusted RDP servers from the RDP client application.” RHSA-2020:2406
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Optional (v. 7) freerdp-devel 2.0.0-4.rc4.el7_8.1, libwinpr-devel 2.0.0-4.rc4.el7_8.1, freerdp-debuginfo 2.0.0-4.rc4.el7_8.1
    fixed: vendor fix “To mitigate this flaw, only make connection attempts to trusted RDP servers from the RDP client application.” RHSA-2020:2405
  • 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
    fixed: vendor fix “To mitigate this flaw, only make connection attempts to trusted RDP servers from the RDP client application.” RHSA-2020:2406
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation (v. 7) freerdp 2.0.0-4.rc4.el7_8.1, libwinpr 2.0.0-4.rc4.el7_8.1, freerdp-libs 2.0.0-4.rc4.el7_8.1
    fixed: vendor fix “To mitigate this flaw, only make connection attempts to trusted RDP servers from the RDP client application.” RHSA-2020:2405
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation Optional (v. 6) freerdp-libs 1.0.2-7.el6_10
    fixed: vendor fix “To mitigate this flaw, only make connection attempts to trusted RDP servers from the RDP client application.” RHSA-2020:2406
  • 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, freerdp-debuginfo 2.0.0-4.rc4.el7_8.1
    fixed: vendor fix “To mitigate this flaw, only make connection attempts to trusted RDP servers from the RDP client application.” RHSA-2020:2405

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Exploit prediction

2.33% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 83% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 3.1 8.3 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:L
NVD 2.0 6.5 AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:P

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