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Status published
High
CVE-2025-5024
Gnome-remote-desktop: uncontrolled resource consumption due to malformed rdp pdus
Vulnerability Description
A flaw was found in gnome-remote-desktop. Once gnome-remote-desktop listens for RDP connections, an unauthenticated attacker can exhaust system resources and repeatedly crash the process. There may be a resource leak after many attacks, which will also result in gnome-remote-desktop no longer being able to open files even after it is restarted via systemd.
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.
References
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2025:10631
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2025:10635
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2025:10742
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2025:11403
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2025:11404
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2025:11405
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2025:11406
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2025:11407
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2025:11408
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2025:11418
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2025-5024
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2367717
- https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/gnome-remote-desktop/-/merge_requests/321
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Affected Vendor
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View all reports →Affected Software
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10, Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8, Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.2 Advanced Update Support, Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.4 Advanced Mission Critical Update Support, Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.4 Extended Update Support Long-Life Add-On, Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.6 Advanced Mission Critical Update Support, Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.6 Telecommunications Update Service, Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.6 Update Services for SAP Solutions, Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.8 Telecommunications Update Service, Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.8 Update Services for SAP Solutions, Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9, Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9.0 Update Services for SAP Solutions, Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9.2 Update Services for SAP Solutions, Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9.4 Extended Update Support
Vulnerable Versions:
0:47.3-2.el10_0, 0:0.1.8-4.el8_10, 0:0.1.6-9.el8_2.1, 0:0.1.8-4.el8_4, 0:0.1.8-4.el8_6, 0:0.1.8-4.el8_8, 0:40.0-11.el9_6, 0:40.0-10.el9_0, 0:40.0-10.el9_2, 0:40.0-11.el9_4
Timeline
Official Publish:
May 22nd, 2025
Last Modified:
June 30th, 2026
Added to House:
July 22nd, 2026
CVSS Vectors
V3:
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:N/I:N/A:H