7.5
HIGH
CVE-2023-40589
FreeRDP Remote Desktop Protocol Global Buffer Overflow
Description

FreeRDP is a free implementation of the Remote Desktop Protocol (RDP), released under the Apache license. In affected versions there is a Global-Buffer-Overflow in the ncrush_decompress function. Feeding crafted input into this function can trigger the overflow which has only been shown to cause a crash. This issue has been addressed in versions 2.11.0 and 3.0.0-beta3. Users are advised to upgrade. There are no known workarounds for this issue.

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Published Date :

Aug. 31, 2023, 7:15 p.m.

Last Modified :

Jan. 12, 2024, 1:15 p.m.

Source :

[email protected]

Remotely Exploitable :

Yes !

Impact Score :

3.6

Exploitability Score :

3.9
Public PoC/Exploit Available at Github

CVE-2023-40589 has a 1 public PoC/Exploit available at Github. Go to the Public Exploits tab to see the list.

Affected Products

The following products are affected by CVE-2023-40589 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 Fedoraproject fedora
1 Debian debian_linux
1 Freerdp freerdp
: Total Affected Vendor : 3 | Products : 3
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-2023-40589.

URL Resource
https://github.com/FreeRDP/FreeRDP/commit/16141a30f983dd6f7a6e5b0356084171942c9416 Patch
https://github.com/FreeRDP/FreeRDP/security/advisories/GHSA-gc34-mw6m-g42x Exploit Vendor Advisory
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2023/10/msg00008.html Mailing List Third Party Advisory
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/A6LLDAPEXRDJOM3PREDDD267SSNT77DP/ Mailing List Third Party Advisory
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/IHMTGKCZXJPQOR5ZD2I4GPDNP2DKRXMF/ Mailing List Third Party Advisory
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/OH2ATH2BKDNKCJAU4WPPXK4SHLE3UJUV/ Mailing List Third Party Advisory
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202401-16

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).

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Updated: 2 months, 2 weeks ago
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Born at : Sept. 7, 2024, 4:54 p.m. This repo has been linked 30 different CVEs too.

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

The following list is the news that have been mention CVE-2023-40589 vulnerability anywhere in the article.

The following table lists the changes that have been made to the CVE-2023-40589 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 [email protected]

    May. 14, 2024

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

    Jan. 12, 2024

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference GitHub, Inc. https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202401-16 [No types assigned]
  • Modified Analysis by [email protected]

    Oct. 13, 2023

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Changed Reference Type https://github.com/FreeRDP/FreeRDP/commit/16141a30f983dd6f7a6e5b0356084171942c9416 Patch, Vendor Advisory https://github.com/FreeRDP/FreeRDP/commit/16141a30f983dd6f7a6e5b0356084171942c9416 Patch
    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 Reference Type https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/A6LLDAPEXRDJOM3PREDDD267SSNT77DP/ No Types Assigned https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/A6LLDAPEXRDJOM3PREDDD267SSNT77DP/ Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/IHMTGKCZXJPQOR5ZD2I4GPDNP2DKRXMF/ No Types Assigned https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/IHMTGKCZXJPQOR5ZD2I4GPDNP2DKRXMF/ Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/OH2ATH2BKDNKCJAU4WPPXK4SHLE3UJUV/ No Types Assigned https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/OH2ATH2BKDNKCJAU4WPPXK4SHLE3UJUV/ Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
    Added CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:37:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:38:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:39:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    Added CPE Configuration OR *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]
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Sep. 21, 2023

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/IHMTGKCZXJPQOR5ZD2I4GPDNP2DKRXMF/ [No Types Assigned]
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Sep. 21, 2023

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/A6LLDAPEXRDJOM3PREDDD267SSNT77DP/ [No Types Assigned]
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Sep. 10, 2023

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/OH2ATH2BKDNKCJAU4WPPXK4SHLE3UJUV/ [No Types Assigned]
  • Initial Analysis by [email protected]

    Sep. 06, 2023

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    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/16141a30f983dd6f7a6e5b0356084171942c9416 No Types Assigned https://github.com/FreeRDP/FreeRDP/commit/16141a30f983dd6f7a6e5b0356084171942c9416 Patch, Vendor Advisory
    Changed Reference Type https://github.com/FreeRDP/FreeRDP/security/advisories/GHSA-gc34-mw6m-g42x No Types Assigned https://github.com/FreeRDP/FreeRDP/security/advisories/GHSA-gc34-mw6m-g42x Exploit, Vendor Advisory
    Added CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:a:freerdp:freerdp:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions up to (excluding) 2.11.0 *cpe:2.3:a:freerdp:freerdp:3.0.0:beta1:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:freerdp:freerdp:3.0.0:beta2:*:*:*:*:*:*
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.
CWE - Common Weakness Enumeration

While CVE identifies specific instances of vulnerabilities, CWE categorizes the common flaws or weaknesses that can lead to vulnerabilities. CVE-2023-40589 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-2023-40589 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-67: String Format Overflow in syslog() String Format Overflow in syslog() CAPEC-92: Forced Integer Overflow Forced Integer Overflow CAPEC-100: Overflow Buffers Overflow Buffers
Exploit Prediction

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

0.16 }} 0.03%

score

0.52372

percentile

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