CVE-2023-40574

PoC —

CVSS 3.1

9.8 critical

EPSS

1%p67

Published

Aug 31, 2023 (Aug 31, 2023)

Modified

Jun 17, 2026

Description

FreeRDP is a free implementation of the Remote Desktop Protocol (RDP), released under the Apache license. Affected versions are subject to an Out-Of-Bounds Write in the `writePixelBGRX` function. This issue is likely down to incorrect calculations of the `nHeight` and `srcStep` variables. This issue has been addressed in version 3.0.0-beta3. Users are advised to upgrade. There are no known workarounds for this issue.

Vendors: freerdp
Products: freerdp
Weakness: CWE-787
Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

NVD CVE.org GitHub PoCs EPSS (1.2%)

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