FreeRDP may read and display out of bounds data
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.
- Products
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- Affected versions
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- Fixed versions
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- CVEs
- CVE-2022-39283
- Confirmed fixed CVEs
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- Updated in this feed
- 6 Nov 2026, 00:54 UTC · Revision 1
Source evidence
FreeRDP may read and display out of bounds data
core-osv · Original sourcePublished 12 Oct 2022, 00:00 UTC
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.
osv:CVE-2022-39283
Complete source record
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"summary": "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.",
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"https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2025/02/msg00016.html",
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"https://github.com/FreeRDP/FreeRDP/security/advisories/GHSA-6cf9-3328-qrvh",
"https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/HEWWYMGWIMD4RDCOGHWMZXUMBGZHC5NW/",
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