CVE-2022-39283

FreeRDP may read and display out of bounds data

Published Oct 12, 2022 CVSS 3.1 · 5.9 Medium EPSS 1.4% KEV · Not listed
Description
FreeRDP is a free remote desktop protocol library and clients. All FreeRDP based clients when using the `/video` command line switch might read uninitialized data, decode it as audio/video and display the result. FreeRDP based server implementations are not affected. This issue has been patched in version 2.8.1. If you cannot upgrade do not use the `/video` switch.

Remediation

No solution or workaround provided in the CVE record

Tracking

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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-2022-41785 FreeRDP is a free remote desktop protocol library and clients. All FreeRDP based clients when using the `/video` command line switch might read uninitialized data, decode it as audio/video and display the result. FreeRDP based server implementations are not affected. This issue has been patched in version 2.8.1. If you cannot upgrade do not use the `/video` switch.
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-5734-1 FreeRDP vulnerabilities
History
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Metrics ssvc

{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}

Type Values Removed Values Added
Metrics epss

{'score': 0.00093}

epss

{'score': 0.00086}

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Metrics epss

{'score': 0.00162}

epss

{'score': 0.00093}

Weaknesses

Sources

Status
PUBLISHED
Assigner
GitHub_M
Published
Updated
Nov 3, 2025, 8:34 PM
Reserved
Sep 2, 2022, 12:00 AM
Status
Modified
Published
Oct 12, 2022, 11:15 PM
Modified
Jun 17, 2026, 4:58 AM
Severity
Moderate
Public date
Oct 13, 2022, 12:00 AM