CVE-2022-39283 MEDIUM

CVE-2022-39283: FreeRDP may read and display out of bounds data

Vendor Freerdp
Product FreeRDP
Weakness CWE-125
Published October 12, 2022
Last update November 3, 2025
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CVSS base score

5.9/10
Attack vector Network
Attack complexity High
Privileges required None
User interaction None
Confidentiality High
Integrity None

CVSS vector

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

What the vulnerability does

01Description

FreeRDP is a free remote desktop protocol library and clients. All FreeRDP based clients when using the `/video` command line switch might read uninitialized data, decode it as audio/video and display the result. FreeRDP based server implementations are not affected. This issue has been patched in version 2.8.1. If you cannot upgrade do not use the `/video` switch.

Key dates

02Disclosure timeline

October 12, 2022 CVE published
November 3, 2025 Record updated