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MEDIUM CVSS 3.1
CVE-2020-11046
Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer in FreeRDP
Description

In FreeRDP after 1.0 and before 2.0.0, there is a stream out-of-bounds seek in update_read_synchronize that could lead to a later out-of-bounds read.

INFO

Published Date :

May 7, 2020, 7:15 p.m.

Last Modified :

Nov. 21, 2024, 4:56 a.m.

Remotely Exploit :

Yes !

Source :

[email protected]
Affected Products

The following products are affected by CVE-2020-11046 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 Canonical ubuntu_linux
1 Debian debian_linux
1 Freerdp freerdp
: 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 LOW [email protected]
CVSS 3.1 MEDIUM [email protected]
CVSS 3.1 LOW [email protected]
Solution
This vulnerability can be resolved by updating the FreeRDP packages to a patched version.
  • Update the affected FreeRDP packages.
  • If needed, upgrade FreeRDP development packages.
  • Restart affected services or systems.
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-2020-11046.

URL Resource
https://github.com/FreeRDP/FreeRDP/commit/ed53cd148f43cbab905eaa0f5308c2bf3c48cc37 Patch Third Party Advisory
https://github.com/FreeRDP/FreeRDP/issues/6006 Third Party Advisory
https://github.com/FreeRDP/FreeRDP/security/advisories/GHSA-hx48-wmmm-mr5q Third Party Advisory
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/08/msg00054.html Mailing List Third Party Advisory
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2023/10/msg00008.html Mailing List Third Party Advisory
https://usn.ubuntu.com/4379-1/ Third Party Advisory
https://usn.ubuntu.com/4382-1/ Third Party Advisory
https://github.com/FreeRDP/FreeRDP/commit/ed53cd148f43cbab905eaa0f5308c2bf3c48cc37 Patch Third Party Advisory
https://github.com/FreeRDP/FreeRDP/issues/6006 Third Party Advisory
https://github.com/FreeRDP/FreeRDP/security/advisories/GHSA-hx48-wmmm-mr5q Third Party Advisory
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/08/msg00054.html Mailing List Third Party Advisory
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2023/10/msg00008.html Mailing List Third Party Advisory
https://usn.ubuntu.com/4379-1/ Third Party Advisory
https://usn.ubuntu.com/4382-1/ 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-2020-11046 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-2020-11046 weaknesses.

CAPEC-8: Buffer Overflow in an API Call Buffer Overflow in an API Call CAPEC-9: Buffer Overflow in Local Command-Line Utilities Buffer Overflow in Local Command-Line Utilities CAPEC-10: Buffer Overflow via Environment Variables Buffer Overflow via Environment Variables CAPEC-14: Client-side Injection-induced Buffer Overflow Client-side Injection-induced Buffer Overflow CAPEC-24: Filter Failure through Buffer Overflow Filter Failure through Buffer Overflow CAPEC-42: MIME Conversion MIME Conversion CAPEC-44: Overflow Binary Resource File Overflow Binary Resource File CAPEC-45: Buffer Overflow via Symbolic Links Buffer Overflow via Symbolic Links CAPEC-46: Overflow Variables and Tags Overflow Variables and Tags CAPEC-47: Buffer Overflow via Parameter Expansion Buffer Overflow via Parameter Expansion CAPEC-100: Overflow Buffers Overflow Buffers CAPEC-123: Buffer Manipulation Buffer Manipulation CAPEC-540: Overread Buffers Overread Buffers

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-2020-11046 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-2020-11046 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 https://github.com/FreeRDP/FreeRDP/commit/ed53cd148f43cbab905eaa0f5308c2bf3c48cc37
    Added Reference https://github.com/FreeRDP/FreeRDP/issues/6006
    Added Reference https://github.com/FreeRDP/FreeRDP/security/advisories/GHSA-hx48-wmmm-mr5q
    Added Reference https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/08/msg00054.html
    Added Reference https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2023/10/msg00008.html
    Added Reference https://usn.ubuntu.com/4379-1/
    Added Reference https://usn.ubuntu.com/4382-1/
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    May. 14, 2024

    Action Type Old Value New Value
  • Modified Analysis by [email protected]

    Oct. 24, 2023

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Changed Reference Type https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2023/10/msg00008.html No Types Assigned https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2023/10/msg00008.html Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
    Changed CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:16.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:18.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:19.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:20.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:* OR *cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:16.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:18.04:*:*:*:esm:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:19.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:20.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:*
    Changed CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:9.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* OR *cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:9.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:10.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Oct. 07, 2023

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2023/10/msg00008.html [No Types Assigned]
  • Modified Analysis by [email protected]

    Sep. 14, 2021

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Changed Reference Type https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/08/msg00054.html No Types Assigned https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/08/msg00054.html Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
    Added CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:9.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Aug. 30, 2020

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/08/msg00054.html [No Types Assigned]
  • Modified Analysis by [email protected]

    Jul. 07, 2020

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Changed Reference Type https://usn.ubuntu.com/4379-1/ No Types Assigned https://usn.ubuntu.com/4379-1/ Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type https://usn.ubuntu.com/4382-1/ No Types Assigned https://usn.ubuntu.com/4382-1/ Third Party Advisory
    Added CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:16.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:18.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:19.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:20.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:*
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Jun. 16, 2020

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference https://usn.ubuntu.com/4382-1/ [No Types Assigned]
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Jun. 04, 2020

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference https://usn.ubuntu.com/4379-1/ [No Types Assigned]
  • Reanalysis by [email protected]

    May. 20, 2020

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Removed CVSS V2 NIST (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P)
    Added CVSS V2 NIST (AV:N/AC:M/Au:S/C:N/I:N/A:P)
    Removed CVSS V3.1 NIST AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
    Added CVSS V3.1 NIST AV:N/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L
  • Initial Analysis by [email protected]

    May. 12, 2020

    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/FreeRDP/FreeRDP/commit/ed53cd148f43cbab905eaa0f5308c2bf3c48cc37 No Types Assigned https://github.com/FreeRDP/FreeRDP/commit/ed53cd148f43cbab905eaa0f5308c2bf3c48cc37 Patch, Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type https://github.com/FreeRDP/FreeRDP/issues/6006 No Types Assigned https://github.com/FreeRDP/FreeRDP/issues/6006 Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type https://github.com/FreeRDP/FreeRDP/security/advisories/GHSA-hx48-wmmm-mr5q No Types Assigned https://github.com/FreeRDP/FreeRDP/security/advisories/GHSA-hx48-wmmm-mr5q Third Party Advisory
    Added CWE NIST CWE-125
    Added CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:a:freerdp:freerdp:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions from (excluding) 1.0.0 up to (excluding) 2.0.0
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: 5.5
Attack Vector
Attack Complexity
Privileges Required
User Interaction
Scope
Confidentiality Impact
Integrity Impact
Availability Impact
Base CVSS Score: 3.5
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.

0.11 }} 0.01%

score

0.29798

percentile