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7.5
HIGH CVSS 3.1
CVE-2019-17178
LodePNG Huffman Tree Memory Leak in FreeRDP
Description

HuffmanTree_makeFromFrequencies in lodepng.c in LodePNG through 2019-09-28, as used in WinPR in FreeRDP and other products, has a memory leak because a supplied realloc pointer (i.e., the first argument to realloc) is also used for a realloc return value.

INFO

Published Date :

Oct. 4, 2019, 5:15 p.m.

Last Modified :

Nov. 21, 2024, 4:31 a.m.

Remotely Exploit :

Yes !

Source :

[email protected]
Affected Products

The following products are affected by CVE-2019-17178 vulnerability. Even if cvefeed.io is aware of the exact versions of the products that are affected, the information is not represented in the table below.

ID Vendor Product Action
1 Opensuse leap
1 Freerdp freerdp
1 Lodev lodepng
: Total Affected Vendor : 3 | Products : 3
CVSS Scores
The Common Vulnerability Scoring System is a standardized framework for assessing the severity of vulnerabilities in software and systems. We collect and displays CVSS scores from various sources for each CVE.
Score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Score Impact Score Source
CVSS 2.0 MEDIUM [email protected]
CVSS 3.1 HIGH [email protected]
Solution
This addresses a memory leak vulnerability in LodePNG, impacting FreeRDP and various SUSE Linux Enterprise products.
  • Update FreeRDP to a patched version.
  • Apply the latest security updates for the affected SUSE Linux Enterprise products.
References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

Here, you will find a curated list of external links that provide in-depth information, practical solutions, and valuable tools related to CVE-2019-17178.

URL Resource
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-12/msg00004.html Third Party Advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-12/msg00005.html Third Party Advisory
https://github.com/FreeRDP/FreeRDP/commit/9fee4ae076b1ec97b97efb79ece08d1dab4df29a Patch Vendor Advisory
https://github.com/FreeRDP/FreeRDP/issues/5645 Third Party Advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-12/msg00004.html Third Party Advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-12/msg00005.html Third Party Advisory
https://github.com/FreeRDP/FreeRDP/commit/9fee4ae076b1ec97b97efb79ece08d1dab4df29a Patch Vendor Advisory
https://github.com/FreeRDP/FreeRDP/issues/5645 Third Party Advisory
CWE - Common Weakness Enumeration

While CVE identifies specific instances of vulnerabilities, CWE categorizes the common flaws or weaknesses that can lead to vulnerabilities. CVE-2019-17178 is associated with the following CWEs:

Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)

Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC) stores attack patterns, which are descriptions of the common attributes and approaches employed by adversaries to exploit the CVE-2019-17178 weaknesses.

We scan GitHub repositories to detect new proof-of-concept exploits. Following list is a collection of public exploits and proof-of-concepts, which have been published on GitHub (sorted by the most recently updated).

Results are limited to the first 15 repositories due to potential performance issues.

The following list is the news that have been mention CVE-2019-17178 vulnerability anywhere in the article.

Results are limited to the first 20 news articles due to potential performance issues.

The following table lists the changes that have been made to the CVE-2019-17178 vulnerability over time.

Vulnerability history details can be useful for understanding the evolution of a vulnerability, and for identifying the most recent changes that may impact the vulnerability's severity, exploitability, or other characteristics.

  • CVE Modified by af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

    Nov. 21, 2024

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-12/msg00004.html
    Added Reference http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-12/msg00005.html
    Added Reference https://github.com/FreeRDP/FreeRDP/commit/9fee4ae076b1ec97b97efb79ece08d1dab4df29a
    Added Reference https://github.com/FreeRDP/FreeRDP/issues/5645
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    May. 14, 2024

    Action Type Old Value New Value
  • CWE Remap by [email protected]

    Jul. 21, 2021

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Changed CWE CWE-772 CWE-252 CWE-401
  • Modified Analysis by [email protected]

    Oct. 14, 2020

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Changed Reference Type https://github.com/FreeRDP/FreeRDP/commit/9fee4ae076b1ec97b97efb79ece08d1dab4df29a No Types Assigned https://github.com/FreeRDP/FreeRDP/commit/9fee4ae076b1ec97b97efb79ece08d1dab4df29a Patch, Vendor Advisory
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Oct. 08, 2020

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Removed Reference https://github.com/akallabeth/FreeRDP/commit/fc80ab45621bd966f70594c0b7393ec005a94007 [Patch, Third Party Advisory]
    Added Reference https://github.com/FreeRDP/FreeRDP/commit/9fee4ae076b1ec97b97efb79ece08d1dab4df29a [No Types Assigned]
  • Modified Analysis by [email protected]

    Dec. 16, 2019

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Changed Reference Type http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-12/msg00004.html No Types Assigned http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-12/msg00004.html Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-12/msg00005.html No Types Assigned http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-12/msg00005.html Third Party Advisory
    Changed CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:a:lodev:lodepngl:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions up to (including) 2019-09-28 OR *cpe:2.3:a:lodev:lodepng:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions up to (including) 2019-09-28
    Added CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:o:opensuse:leap:15.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:opensuse:leap:15.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Dec. 02, 2019

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-12/msg00005.html [No Types Assigned]
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Dec. 02, 2019

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-12/msg00004.html [No Types Assigned]
  • Initial Analysis by [email protected]

    Oct. 11, 2019

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added CVSS V2 NIST (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P)
    Added CVSS V3.1 NIST AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
    Changed Reference Type https://github.com/akallabeth/FreeRDP/commit/fc80ab45621bd966f70594c0b7393ec005a94007 No Types Assigned https://github.com/akallabeth/FreeRDP/commit/fc80ab45621bd966f70594c0b7393ec005a94007 Patch, Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type https://github.com/FreeRDP/FreeRDP/issues/5645 No Types Assigned https://github.com/FreeRDP/FreeRDP/issues/5645 Third Party Advisory
    Added CWE NIST CWE-772
    Added CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:a:freerdp:freerdp:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions up to (including) 1.0.2 *cpe:2.3:a:freerdp:freerdp:1.1.0:beta1:*:*:*:*:*:*
    Added CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:a:lodev:lodepngl:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions up to (including) 2019-09-28
EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days. Following chart shows the EPSS score history of the vulnerability.
Vulnerability Scoring Details
Base CVSS Score: 7.5
Attack Vector
Attack Complexity
Privileges Required
User Interaction
Scope
Confidentiality Impact
Integrity Impact
Availability Impact
Base CVSS Score: 5
Access Vector
Access Complexity
Authentication
Confidentiality Impact
Integrity Impact
Availability Impact
Exploit Prediction

EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days.

0.83 }} -1.37%

score

0.72310

percentile