CVE-2019-17177

Publication date 4 October 2019

Last updated 25 August 2025

Ubuntu priority

Cvss 3 Severity Score

Description

libfreerdp/codec/region.c in FreeRDP through 1.1.x and 2.x through 2.0.0-rc4 has memory leaks because a supplied realloc pointer (i.e., the first argument to realloc) is also used for a realloc return value.

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Status

Show unmaintained releases

Package	Ubuntu Release	Status
freerdp	20.04 LTS focal	Not in release
	19.10 eoan	Not in release
	19.04 disco	Not in release
	18.04 LTS bionic	Not affected
	16.04 LTS xenial	Not affected
	14.04 LTS trusty	Not in release
freerdp2	20.04 LTS focal	Not affected
	19.10 eoan	Fixed 2.1.1+dfsg1-0ubuntu0.19.10.1
	19.04 disco	Ignored end of life
	18.04 LTS bionic	Fixed 2.1.1+dfsg1-0ubuntu0.18.04.1
	16.04 LTS xenial	Not in release
	14.04 LTS trusty	Not in release

Notes

mdeslaur

code is different in xenial and bionic, area mentioned in this CVE description doesn't exist.

Patch details

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Package	Patch details
freerdp	Upstream: 9fee4ae
freerdp2	Upstream: 9fee4ae

Severity score breakdown

Parameter	Value
Base score	7.5 · High
Attack vector	Network
Attack complexity	Low
Privileges required	None
User interaction	None
Scope	Unchanged
Confidentiality	None
Integrity impact	None
Availability impact	High
Vector	CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H