CVE-2020-11041 (GCVE-0-2020-11041)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2020-05-29 00:00 – Updated: 2024-08-04 11:21
VLAI
Title
Improper Validation of Array Index in FreeRDP
Summary
In FreeRDP less than or equal to 2.0.0, an outside controlled array index is used unchecked for data used as configuration for sound backend (alsa, oss, pulse, ...). The most likely outcome is a crash of the client instance followed by no or distorted sound or a session disconnect. If a user cannot upgrade to the patched version, a workaround is to disable sound for the session. This has been patched in 2.1.0.
Severity
2.2 (Low)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L
CWE
  • CWE-129 - Improper Validation of Array Index
Assigner
GitHub_M CNA under the mitre root
CNA scorecard C 72/100 over 7994 records in the last 180 days details
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version CPE status
FreeRDP FreeRDP Affected: <= 2.0.0
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