Client memory disclosure via urbdrc undersized allocation
Published Nov 16, 2022 · Updated Nov 3, 2025
Out-of-bounds read in FreeRDP before 2.9.0 allows remote authenticated users to disclose client memory via a malicious RDP server. The urbdrc client adds a server-controlled output size using a narrow integer type, allocates too small a buffer, then reads beyond that allocation and sends the data back. Exploitation requires a user to connect a FreeRDP client with USB redirection enabled to an attacker-controlled server; the demonstrated consequence is memory disclosure and possible client instability.
Summary
What happened
Out-of-bounds read in FreeRDP before 2.9.0 allows remote authenticated users to disclose client memory via a malicious RDP server. The urbdrc client adds a server-controlled output size using a narrow integer type, allocates too small a buffer, then reads beyond that allocation and sends the data back. Exploitation requires a user to connect a FreeRDP client with USB redirection enabled to an attacker-controlled server; the demonstrated consequence is memory disclosure and possible client instability.
The record
- CVE
- CVE-2022-39320
- Published
- Nov 16, 2022
- Updated
- Nov 3, 2025
- Vendor
- FreeRDP
- Product
- FreeRDP
- Classifications
- CWE-125, T1203
- Attack vector
- network
- Privileges
- authenticated
Timeline
How it unfolded
- Nov 16, 2022CVE publishedPublication date reported by the CVE source.
- Nov 3, 2025Record updatedLatest update available in the CVE record.
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- Affected versionversion=< 2.9.0
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