CVE-2020-11049 - CVE House
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Status published Medium CVE-2020-11049

Out-of-bounds Read in FreeRDPrdp_read_share_control_header

Vulnerability Description

In FreeRDP after 1.1 and before 2.0.0, there is an out-of-bound read of client memory that is then passed on to the protocol parser. This has been patched in 2.0.0.

Impact Analysis

Refer to official advisory for detailed impact metrics.

Remediation

Ensure systems are updated to the latest vendor-supplied patch levels.

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Credits & Attribution

No credits recorded in the NVD database.

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Affected Vendor

Affected Software

FreeRDP
Vulnerable Versions:
> 1.1, < 2.0.0

Timeline

Official Publish: May 7th, 2020
Last Modified: August 4th, 2024
Added to House: July 21st, 2026

CVSS Vectors

V3: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:L

Weaknesses (CWE)

CWE-125

MITRE ATT&CK TTPs

T1190 Exploit Public-Facing Application
Initial Access
T1213 Data from Information Repositories
Collection
T1003 OS Credential Dumping
Credential Access
T1552 Unsecured Credentials
Credential Access