Client crash via underflowed RFX block offset
Published Aug 31, 2023 · Updated Nov 3, 2025
Integer underflow in FreeRDP clients before 2.11.0 and 3.0.0-beta1 through 3.0.0-beta2 allows remote attackers to crash the client via RFX data. In libfreerdp/codec/rfx.c, the RFX block parser subtracts a six-byte header and two-byte codec fields from an unchecked seven-byte blockLen, wrapping the substream length and seek offset. A malicious RDP server must deliver the crafted block to a FreeRDP-based client; the demonstrated result is an assertion-triggered abort, while the proxy is unaffected.
Summary
What happened
Integer underflow in FreeRDP clients before 2.11.0 and 3.0.0-beta1 through 3.0.0-beta2 allows remote attackers to crash the client via RFX data. In libfreerdp/codec/rfx.c, the RFX block parser subtracts a six-byte header and two-byte codec fields from an unchecked seven-byte blockLen, wrapping the substream length and seek offset. A malicious RDP server must deliver the crafted block to a FreeRDP-based client; the demonstrated result is an assertion-triggered abort, while the proxy is unaffected.
The record
- CVE
- CVE-2023-39350
- Published
- Aug 31, 2023
- Updated
- Nov 3, 2025
- Vendor
- FreeRDP
- Product
- FreeRDP
- Classifications
- CWE-191, T1499.004
- Attack vector
- network
- Privileges
- unauthenticated
Timeline
How it unfolded
- Aug 31, 2023CVE publishedPublication date reported by the CVE source.
- Nov 3, 2025Record updatedLatest update available in the CVE record.
Exploitability
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- Affected versionversion=< 2.11.0
- Affected versionversion=>= 3.0.0-beta1, < 3.0.0-beta3
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Attacks
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Weakness, pattern, technique
Public exploit references
- RFX seven-byte block-length proof of conceptproof of concept · demonstrated
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