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CVE-2020-15103: Integer Overflow in FreeRDP

Noroxi assessment

Priority: Monitor (action score 14/100)

  • The sources we track (CISA KEV, Exploit-DB, Metasploit, Nuclei, GitHub) show no public exploit code or exploitation in the wild.
  • Probability of exploitation in the next 30 days: 1.4% (FIRST EPSS); higher than 73.7% of all records.
  • Anyone who can reach it over the internet can trigger it. A low-privileged account is enough. A user must open a link or visit a page. No special conditions are required; it is repeatable.
  • Fixed version: FreeRDP FreeRDP 2.2.0.

Low priority for now. Upgrade to FreeRDP FreeRDP 2.2.0 or later.

Generated automatically from the record's data: CVSS (NVD and CNA), CISA KEV and SSVC, FIRST EPSS, exploit sources, fixed versions. How we calculate it

Primary sources: NVD · CVE.org · FIRST EPSS

In FreeRDP less than or equal to 2.1.2, an integer overflow exists due to missing input sanitation in rdpegfx channel. All FreeRDP clients are affected. The input rectangles from the server are not checked against local surface coordinates and blindly accepted. A malicious server can send data that will crash the client later on (invalid length arguments to a `memcpy`) This has been fixed in 2.2.0. As a workaround, stop using command line arguments /gfx, /gfx-h264 and /network:auto

LowCVSS 3.5 · v3.1—No exploit Fix available
Published
Jul 27, 2020
Updated
Jun 16, 2026
EPSS
1.4% · 73th percentile

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Action score

14

Monitor

Low priority for now.

CVSS
14 / 40 · 3.5 / 10
CISA KEV
0 / 30 · Not listed
EPSS
0 / 30 · 1.4%

CNA vs NVD score

NVD
3.5
CNA · GitHub_M
3.5
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The score given by the assigning authority versus NVD’s independent score. A gap means the severity is contested.

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Affected systems

Is your version affected?

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VendorProduct
freerdpfreerdp
fedoraprojectfedora
opensuseleap
canonicalubuntu linux
debiandebian linux

Affected versions

NVD version ranges (for catalog products). Add the product to your stack with a version and matching uses these.

  • canonical ubuntu linux18.04
  • canonical ubuntu linux20.04
  • debian debian linux10.0
  • fedoraproject fedora31
  • fedoraproject fedora32
  • freerdp freerdpup to 2.1.2 inclusive
  • opensuse leap15.1

Versions reported by the vendor

Affected version ranges reported by the assigning authority (GitHub_M). Independent of NVD's CPE analysis and usually ahead of it.

  • FreeRDP FreeRDP

    • <= 2.1.2affected

Package-level exposure

OSV and GitHub Advisory data: ecosystem, package and range. SBOM matching uses this table.

EcosystemPackageAffected rangeFix
AlmaLinux:8freerdp-develbefore 2:2.2.0-1.el82:2.2.0-1.el8
Alpine:v3.12freerdpbefore 2.2.0-r02.2.0-r0
Alpine:v3.22freerdp2before 2.2.0-r02.2.0-r0
Debian:12freerdp2before 2.2.0+dfsg1-12.2.0+dfsg1-1
openSUSE:Leap 15.1freerdpbefore 2.1.2-lp151.5.9.12.1.2-lp151.5.9.1
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:8::appstreamfreerdpbefore 2:2.2.0-1.el82:2.2.0-1.el8
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:8::appstreamfreerdp-debuginfobefore 2:2.2.0-1.el82:2.2.0-1.el8
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:8::appstreamfreerdp-debugsourcebefore 2:2.2.0-1.el82:2.2.0-1.el8
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:8::appstreamfreerdp-libsbefore 2:2.2.0-1.el82:2.2.0-1.el8
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:8::appstreamfreerdp-libs-debuginfobefore 2:2.2.0-1.el82:2.2.0-1.el8
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:8::appstreamlibwinprbefore 2:2.2.0-1.el82:2.2.0-1.el8
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:8::appstreamlibwinpr-debuginfobefore 2:2.2.0-1.el82:2.2.0-1.el8
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:8::appstreamlibwinpr-develbefore 2:2.2.0-1.el82:2.2.0-1.el8
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:8::crbfreerdp-develbefore 2:2.2.0-1.el82:2.2.0-1.el8
Rocky Linux:8freerdpbefore 2:2.2.0-1.el82:2.2.0-1.el8
Rocky Linux:8freerdpbefore 2:2.2.0-10.el82:2.2.0-10.el8
SUSE:Linux Enterprise Workstation Extension 15 SP1freerdpbefore 2.1.2-10.18.12.1.2-10.18.1
SUSE:Linux Enterprise Workstation Extension 15 SP2freerdpbefore 2.1.2-15.10.12.1.2-15.10.1

Same product

freerdp: all records

Other highest-scoring records for the same primary product.

  • CVE-2018-8787FreeRDP prior to version 2.0.0-rc4 contains an Integer Overflow that leads to a Heap-Based Buffer Overflow in function gdi_Bitmap_Decompress
    42Plan
  • CVE-2018-8788FreeRDP prior to version 2.0.0-rc4 contains an Out-Of-Bounds Write of up to 4 bytes in function nsc_rle_decode() that results in a memory co
    41Plan
  • CVE-2018-8786FreeRDP prior to version 2.0.0-rc4 contains an Integer Truncation that leads to a Heap-Based Buffer Overflow in function update_read_bitmap_
    41Plan

Published before and after this one in the same product

  • ← EarlierCVE-2020-4032Jun 22, 2020 · Integer casting vulnerability in `update_recv_secondary_order` in FreeRDP
    18Monitor
  • ← EarlierCVE-2020-4033Jun 22, 2020 · OOB Read in RLEDECOMPRESS in FreeRDP
    27Monitor
  • Later →CVE-2021-37594Jul 30, 2021 · In FreeRDP before 2.4.0 on Windows, wf_cliprdr_server_file_contents_request in client/Windows/wf_cliprdr.c has missing input checks for a FI
    39Monitor

Remediation

Which version to upgrade to

Fix versions compiled from the vendor, package registries and Microsoft. Verify the vendor's note before upgrading.

Product / packageFixed versionSource
FreeRDP FreeRDP2.2.0 · descriptionVendor (CNA)
almalinux:freerdp-devel2:2.2.0-1.el8 · AlmaLinux:8Package registry (OSV)
alpine:freerdp2.2.0-r0 · Alpine:v3.12Package registry (OSV)
alpine:freerdp22.2.0-r0 · Alpine:v3.22Package registry (OSV)
debian:freerdp22.2.0+dfsg1-1 · Debian:12Package registry (OSV)
opensuse:freerdp2.1.2-lp151.5.9.1 · openSUSE:Leap 15.1Package registry (OSV)
red hat:freerdp2:2.2.0-1.el8 · Red Hat:enterprise_linux:8::appstreamPackage registry (OSV)
red hat:freerdp-debuginfo2:2.2.0-1.el8 · Red Hat:enterprise_linux:8::appstreamPackage registry (OSV)
red hat:freerdp-debugsource2:2.2.0-1.el8 · Red Hat:enterprise_linux:8::appstreamPackage registry (OSV)
red hat:freerdp-devel2:2.2.0-1.el8 · Red Hat:enterprise_linux:8::crbPackage registry (OSV)
red hat:freerdp-libs2:2.2.0-1.el8 · Red Hat:enterprise_linux:8::appstreamPackage registry (OSV)
red hat:freerdp-libs-debuginfo2:2.2.0-1.el8 · Red Hat:enterprise_linux:8::appstreamPackage registry (OSV)
red hat:libwinpr2:2.2.0-1.el8 · Red Hat:enterprise_linux:8::appstreamPackage registry (OSV)
red hat:libwinpr-debuginfo2:2.2.0-1.el8 · Red Hat:enterprise_linux:8::appstreamPackage registry (OSV)
red hat:libwinpr-devel2:2.2.0-1.el8 · Red Hat:enterprise_linux:8::appstreamPackage registry (OSV)
rocky linux:freerdp2:2.2.0-1.el8 · Rocky Linux:8Package registry (OSV)
suse:freerdp2.1.2-15.10.1 · SUSE:Linux Enterprise Workstation Extension 15 SP2Package registry (OSV)

Exploit status

No known public exploit

No public exploit has been observed yet. That doesn't mean you're safe, only that the bar is a little higher.

Research context

For pentesters and researchers: attack profile, score disagreement, timeline, patch commits, credits, variant and chain candidates, bug bounty scope. All derived from existing data; no exploit code.

Timeline

From publication to today: proof of concept, Metasploit module, CISA KEV and fix record. Dates are as reported by the sources.

No dated events beyond publication.

No history yet (it accumulates with the daily EPSS job).

Patch and commit links

Commit, PR and diff links among the references. A starting point for patch-diffing and variant hunting; fixes, not exploits.

Credits

All researchers

Finders, reporters and analysts named in the CNA record. Click a name for that researcher’s other records.

No credits in the CNA record.

Variant candidates

Same product, same weakness class, within 18 months. If the patch missed the root cause, the sibling bug is here.

No nightly-computed relations.

Chain candidates

An authentication bypass and a privilege-requiring bug in the same product, published close together: combined they may become an unauthenticated path.

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Bug bounty scope

No known public program.

Source: bounty-targets-data (public HackerOne, Bugcrowd, Intigriti, YesWeHack listings).

Technical details

Attack conditions

  • Anyone who can reach it over the internet can trigger it.
  • A low-privileged account is enough.
  • A user must open a link or visit a page.
  • No special conditions are required; it is repeatable.

If successful

Confidentiality
none
Integrity
none
Availability
low · the service can be disrupted
Attack vector
Network
Attack complexity
Low
Privileges required
Low
User interaction
Required
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality impact
None
Integrity impact
None
Availability impact
Low

Weakness class (CWE)

CWE-680 · Integer Overflow to Buffer Overflow

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L

nvd-primary

Attack context

MITRE CAPEC attack patterns and ATT&CK techniques for this weakness class (CWE). A starting point for detection rules and threat hunting.

ATT&CK techniques

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Change log

  1. Fix✗ → ✓

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References

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Vendor advisories and official records. Exploit/PoC links are deliberately left out.

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