FreeRDP is a free implementation of the Remote Desktop Protocol (RDP), released under the Apache license. In affected versions a malicious server might trigger out of bound writes in a connected client. Connections using GDI or SurfaceCommands to send graphics updates to the client might send `0` width/height or out of bound rectangles to trigger out of bound writes. With `0` width or heigth the memory allocation will be `0` but the missing bounds checks allow writing to the pointer at this (not allocated) region. This issue has been patched in FreeRDP 2.4.1.
Advisories
Source ID Title
Debian DLA Debian DLA DLA-3654-1 freerdp2 security update
Debian DLA Debian DLA DLA-4053-1 freerdp2 security update
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2021-28270 FreeRDP is a free implementation of the Remote Desktop Protocol (RDP), released under the Apache license. In affected versions a malicious server might trigger out of bound writes in a connected client. Connections using GDI or SurfaceCommands to send graphics updates to the client might send `0` width/height or out of bound rectangles to trigger out of bound writes. With `0` width or heigth the memory allocation will be `0` but the missing bounds checks allow writing to the pointer at this (not allocated) region. This issue has been patched in FreeRDP 2.4.1.
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-5154-1 FreeRDP vulnerabilities
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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: GitHub_M

Published:

Updated: 2025-11-03T20:33:53.998Z

Reserved: 2021-09-15T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2021-41160

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2021-10-21T19:15:07.947

Modified: 2025-11-03T21:15:42.710

Link: CVE-2021-41160

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Important

Publid Date: 2021-10-21T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2021-41160 - Bugzilla

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