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high 7.5

CVE-2022-23483 json

Out-of-Bound Read in libxrdp

published 2022-12-09 3 y ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also EUVD-2022-28544

cvss
7.5
version 3.1, CNA
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
0.9%
EPSS 0.9% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 59%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

xrdp is an open source project which provides a graphical login to remote machines using Microsoft Remote Desktop Protocol (RDP). xrdp < v0.9.21 contain a Out of Bound Read in libxrdp_send_to_channel() function. There are no known workarounds for this issue. Users are advised to upgrade.

Patch / fix

  • neutrinolabs xrdp 0.9.21
  • xrdp Debian 14, Debian 13, Debian 12 0.9.21.1-1

debian advisories DEBIAN-CVE-2022-23483

  • xrdp Ubuntu Pro 14.04 LTS 0.6.0-1ubuntu0.1+esm3
  • xrdp Ubuntu Pro 16.04 LTS 0.6.1-2ubuntu0.3+esm3
  • xrdp Ubuntu Pro 18.04 LTS 0.9.5-2ubuntu0.1~esm2
  • xrdp Ubuntu Pro 20.04 LTS 0.9.12-1ubuntu0.1+esm1
  • xrdp Ubuntu Pro 22.04 LTS 0.9.17-2ubuntu2+esm1

ubuntu advisories UBUNTU-CVE-2022-23483

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  • xrdp SLES 12 SP2-BCL 0.9.0~git.1456906198.f422461-16.23.2
  • xrdp SLES for SAP 12 SP5, SLES 12 SP5 0.9.10-3.8.1
  • xrdp SLES for SAP 12 SP4, SLES 12 SP4-LTSS, OpenStack Cloud Crowbar 9 +1 more 0.9.0~git.1456906198.f422461-21.30.2
  • xrdp SLES for SAP 15 SP3, SLES for SAP 15 SP2, SLES 15 SP3-LTSS +15 more 0.9.13.1-150200.4.15.1
  • xrdp SLES for SAP 15 SP1, SLES 15 SP1-LTSS, SLE High Performance Computing 15 SP1-LTSS +1 more 0.9.6-150000.4.11.1

suse advisories SUSE-SU-2023:0387-1SUSE-SU-2023:0374-1SUSE-SU-2023:0340-1SUSE-SU-2023:0033-1SUSE-SU-2023:0012-1

  • xrdp openSUSE Tumbleweed 0.9.20-4.1

opensuse advisories openSUSE-SU-2024:12602-1

  • xrdp Alpine 3.24, Alpine 3.23, Alpine 3.22 +5 more 0.9.21.1-r0

alpine advisories ALPINE-CVE-2022-23483

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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-2022-23483 updated cvss 7.5

xrdp: Out-of-Bound Read in libxrdp_send_to_channel()

  • Red Hat All currently supported Red Hat products
    not affected: vulnerable code not present

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CISA SSVC

Exploitation
none
Automatable
yes
Technical impact
partial
Assessed
18 mo ago

Exploit prediction

0.90% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 59% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
CNA 3.1 7.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
NVD 3.1 9.1 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:H

Affected products

  • neutrinolabs xrdp

Classification

Weakness

References

Sources

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