CVE-2024-32040
9.8
CRITICAL
CVSS 3.1
EPSS 1.3%
Description
FreeRDP is a free implementation of the Remote Desktop Protocol. FreeRDP based clients that use a version of FreeRDP prior to 3.5.0 or 2.11.6 and have connections to servers using the `NSC` codec are vulnerable to integer underflow. Versions 3.5.0 and 2.11.6 patch the issue. As a workaround, do not use the NSC codec (e.g. use `-nsc`).
How to fix CVE-2024-32040
To remediate CVE-2024-32040, upgrade the affected package to a fixed version below.
- Debian/freerdp2—upgrade to 2.3.0+dfsg1-2+deb11u2 or later
Is CVE-2024-32040 being exploited?
Low — EPSS is 1.3%, meaning exploitation activity has not been observed at scale.
Affected packages (1)
- from 0, < 2.3.0+dfsg1-2+deb11u2
CVSS scores
| Source | Version | Severity | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| osv | CVSS 3.1 | CRITICAL9.8 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |