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Fencer Vulns
medium 5.9

CVE-2022-39283 json

FreeRDP may read and display out of bounds data

published 2022-10-12 4 y ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also EUVD-2022-41785

cvss
5.9
version 3.1, CNA
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
1.4%
EPSS 1.4% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 72%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

FreeRDP is a free remote desktop protocol library and clients. All FreeRDP based clients when using the `/video` command line switch might read uninitialized data, decode it as audio/video and display the result. FreeRDP based server implementations are not affected. This issue has been patched in version 2.8.1. If you cannot upgrade do not use the `/video` switch.

Patch / fix

  • freerdp freerdp 2.8.1
  • freerdp2 Debian 12 2.8.1+dfsg1-1

debian advisories DEBIAN-CVE-2022-39283

  • freerdp2 Ubuntu 18.04 LTS 2.2.0+dfsg1-0ubuntu0.18.04.4
  • freerdp2 Ubuntu 20.04 LTS 2.2.0+dfsg1-0ubuntu0.20.04.4
  • freerdp2 Ubuntu 22.04 LTS 2.6.1+dfsg1-3ubuntu2.3

ubuntu advisories UBUNTU-CVE-2022-39283

Ubuntu security data © Canonical Ltd., from https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices via OSV; changed: normalised to fixed package versions per release. CC BY-SA 4.0

  • freerdp RHEL 8 2:2.2.0-10.el8
  • libwinpr RHEL 8 2:2.2.0-10.el8
  • freerdp-libs RHEL 8 2:2.2.0-10.el8
  • freerdp RHEL 9 2:2.4.1-5.el9
  • libwinpr RHEL 9 2:2.4.1-5.el9
  • freerdp-libs RHEL 9 2:2.4.1-5.el9

red hat advisories RHSA-2023:2851RHSA-2023:2326

  • freerdp SLE Workstation Extension 12 SP5, SLE Software Development Kit 12 SP5 2.1.2-12.29.1
  • freerdp SLE Workstation Extension 15 SP4, SLE Module for Package Hub 15 SP4, openSUSE Leap 15.4 2.4.0-150400.3.9.1
  • freerdp SLE Workstation Extension 15 SP3, SLE Module for Package Hub 15 SP3, openSUSE Leap 15.3 2.1.2-150200.15.21.1

suse advisories SUSE-SU-2022:3984-1SUSE-SU-2022:3983-1SUSE-SU-2022:3982-1

  • freerdp2 openSUSE Tumbleweed 2.8.1-1.1

opensuse advisories openSUSE-SU-2024:12515-1

  • freerdp AlmaLinux 8 2:2.2.0-10.el8
  • libwinpr AlmaLinux 8 2:2.2.0-10.el8
  • freerdp-libs AlmaLinux 8 2:2.2.0-10.el8
  • freerdp AlmaLinux 9 2:2.4.1-5.el9
  • libwinpr AlmaLinux 9 2:2.4.1-5.el9
  • freerdp-libs AlmaLinux 9 2:2.4.1-5.el9

almalinux advisories ALSA-2023:2851ALSA-2023:2326

  • freerdp Rocky Linux 8 2:2.2.0-10.el8

rocky linux advisories RLSA-2023:2851

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-2022-39283 updated cvss 7.5

freerdp: clients using the `/video` command line switch might read uninitialized data

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 freerdp, freerdp-libs, freerdp-plugins Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 freerdp, libwinpr, freerdp-libs, freerdp-plugins
    affected: workaround, no fix planned “Workaround: Do not use the /video switch”
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 8) freerdp 2.2.0-10.el8, libwinpr 2.2.0-10.el8, freerdp-libs 2.2.0-10.el8
    fixed: vendor fix “Workaround: Do not use the /video switch” RHSA-2023:2851
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 9) freerdp 2.4.1-5.el9, libwinpr 2.4.1-5.el9, freerdp-libs 2.4.1-5.el9
    fixed: vendor fix “Workaround: Do not use the /video switch” RHSA-2023:2326
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux CRB (v. 8) freerdp-devel 2.2.0-10.el8, freerdp-debuginfo 2.2.0-10.el8, libwinpr-debuginfo 2.2.0-10.el8, freerdp-debugsource 2.2.0-10.el8, freerdp-libs-debuginfo 2.2.0-10.el8
    fixed: vendor fix “Workaround: Do not use the /video switch” RHSA-2023:2851
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux CRB (v. 9) freerdp-devel 2.4.1-5.el9, libwinpr-devel 2.4.1-5.el9, freerdp-debuginfo 2.4.1-5.el9, libwinpr-debuginfo 2.4.1-5.el9, freerdp-debugsource 2.4.1-5.el9, freerdp-libs-debuginfo 2.4.1-5.el9
    fixed: vendor fix “Workaround: Do not use the /video switch” RHSA-2023:2326

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CISA SSVC

Exploitation
none
Automatable
no
Technical impact
partial
Assessed
18 mo ago

Exploit prediction

1.38% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 72% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
CNA 3.1 5.9 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
NVD 3.1 7.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

Affected products

  • FreeRDP FreeRDP

Classification

Weakness

References

Sources

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