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CVE-2023-40186

FreeRDP is a free implementation of the Remote Desktop Protocol (RDP), released under the Apache license. Affected versions are subject to an IntegerOverflow leading to Out-Of-Bound Write Vulnerability in the gdi_CreateSurface function. This issue affects FreeRDP based clients only. FreeRDP proxies are not affected as image decoding is not done by a proxy. 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.

  • Published: Aug 31, 2023
  • Updated: Nov 4, 2025
  • CVE: CVE-2023-40186
  • Severity: Medium
  • Exploit:

CVSS v3:

  • Severity: Medium
  • Score: 6.5
  • AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:L

CWEs:

Software From Fixed in
freerdp / freerdp 3.0.0-beta1 3.0.0-beta1.x
freerdp / freerdp 3.0.0-beta2 3.0.0-beta2.x
freerdp / freerdp - 2.11.0
debian / debian_linux 10.0 10.0.x
fedoraproject / fedora 37 37.x
fedoraproject / fedora 38 38.x
fedoraproject / fedora 39 39.x