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freerdp2 — security advisory

Type: advisorySources: OSVAdvisory ID: DEBIAN-CVE-2022-39320

FreeRDP is a free remote desktop protocol library and clients. Affected versions of FreeRDP may attempt integer addition on too narrow types leads to allocation of a buffer too small holding the data written. A malicious server can trick a FreeRDP based client to read out of bound data and send it back to the server. This issue has been addressed in version 2.9.0 and all users are advised to upgrade. Users unable to upgrade should not use the `/usb` redirection switch.

Products
freerdp2
Affected versions
Not specified
Fixed versions
2.9.0+dfsg1-1
CVEs
CVE-2022-39320
Confirmed fixed CVEs
Not specified
Updated in this feed
30 Oct 2026, 14:58 UTC · Revision 1

Source evidence

DEBIAN-CVE-2022-39320

core-osv · Original source

Published 16 Nov 2022, 20:15 UTC

FreeRDP is a free remote desktop protocol library and clients. Affected versions of FreeRDP may attempt integer addition on too narrow types leads to allocation of a buffer too small holding the data written. A malicious server can trick a FreeRDP based client to read out of bound data and send it back to the server. This issue has been addressed in version 2.9.0 and all users are advised to upgrade. Users unable to upgrade should not use the `/usb` redirection switch.

osv:DEBIAN-CVE-2022-39320

freerdp2

Fixed versions: 2.9.0+dfsg1-1

Complete source record
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  "url": "https://osv.dev/vulnerability/DEBIAN-CVE-2022-39320",
  "method": "structured",
  "payload": {
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    "summary": "FreeRDP is a free remote desktop protocol library and clients. Affected versions of FreeRDP may attempt integer addition on too narrow types leads to allocation of a buffer too small holding the data written. A malicious server can trick a FreeRDP based client to read out of bound data and send it back to the server. This issue has been addressed in version 2.9.0 and all users are advised to upgrade. Users unable to upgrade should not use the `/usb` redirection switch.",
    "evidence": "osv:DEBIAN-CVE-2022-39320",
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    "severity": "medium",
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      "aliases": [
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      "metrics": [
        {
          "type": "CVSS_V3",
          "score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:L"
        }
      ],
      "affected": [
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          ],
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            "purl": "pkg:deb/debian/freerdp2?arch=source&distro=bookworm",
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          },
          "ecosystem_specific": {
            "urgency": "not yet assigned"
          }
        }
      ],
      "modified": "2026-10-15T08:02:40.581905960Z",
      "provider": "osv",
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  "source_id": "core-osv",
  "document_id": 323940,
  "published_at": "2022-11-16T20:15:10.29+00:00"
}