# CVE-2023-39356: Missing offset validation leading to Out-of-Bounds Read in FreeRDP

- Severity: CVSS 5.3 (Medium), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Fixed in: 2.11.0, 3.0.0-beta3
- Published: 2023-08-31 · Updated: 2025-11-03

## Affected

- FreeRDP: fixed in 2.11.0; from 3.0.0-beta1, fixed in 3.0.0-beta3

## Description

FreeRDP is a free implementation of the Remote Desktop Protocol (RDP), released under the Apache license. In affected versions a missing offset validation may lead to an Out Of Bound Read in the function `gdi_multi_opaque_rect`. In particular there is no code to validate if the value `multi_opaque_rect->numRectangles` is less than 45. Looping through `multi_opaque_rect->`numRectangles without proper boundary checks can lead to Out-of-Bounds Read errors which will likely lead to a crash. 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 vulnerability.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on FreeRDP, upgrade to a fixed version (2.11.0, 3.0.0-beta3) per the references below.
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## References

- https://github.com/FreeRDP/FreeRDP/security/advisories/GHSA-q5v5-qhj5-mh6m
- https://github.com/FreeRDP/FreeRDP/blob/63a2f65618748c12f79ff7450d46c6e194f2db76/include/freerdp/primary.h#L186-L196
- https://github.com/FreeRDP/FreeRDP/blob/63a2f65618748c12f79ff7450d46c6e194f2db76/libfreerdp/core/orders.c#L1503-L1504
- https://github.com/FreeRDP/FreeRDP/blob/63a2f65618748c12f79ff7450d46c6e194f2db76/libfreerdp/gdi/gdi.c#L723C1-L758
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/OH2ATH2BKDNKCJAU4WPPXK4SHLE3UJUV/
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/A6LLDAPEXRDJOM3PREDDD267SSNT77DP/
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/IHMTGKCZXJPQOR5ZD2I4GPDNP2DKRXMF/
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2023/10/msg00008.html
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202401-16

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