{"id":"CVE-2020-11042","url":"https://www.cyber-defence.io/tools/cve/CVE-2020-11042","generatedAt":"2026-10-27T22:26:14.481Z","title":"In FreeRDP greater than 1.1 and before 2.0.0, there is an out-of-bounds read in update_read_icon_info.","description":"In FreeRDP greater than 1.1 and before 2.0.0, there is an out-of-bounds read in update_read_icon_info. It allows reading a attacker-defined amount of client memory (32bit unsigned -> 4GB) to an intermediate buffer. This can be used to crash the client or store information for later retrieval. This has been patched in 2.0.0.","published":"2020-05-07T19:15:12.000Z","lastModified":"2026-06-17T02:48:56.000Z","status":"Modified","sourceIdentifier":"security-advisories@github.com","cvss":{"version":"3.1","score":5.9,"severity":"MEDIUM","vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:H"},"cwe":["CWE-125"],"affected":["freerdp/freerdp","debian/debian linux","canonical/ubuntu linux"],"epss":{"score":0.01771,"percentile":0.77992,"date":"2026-10-26","history":[]},"kev":{"listed":false},"exploits":{"count":0,"verified":false,"firstPublished":null,"source":"Exploit-DB (https://gitlab.com/exploit-database/exploitdb)","entries":[]},"verdict":{"level":"low","text":"Lower severity and a low EPSS score (1.77%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own."},"changes":[],"references":[{"url":"https://github.com/FreeRDP/FreeRDP/commit/6b2bc41935e53b0034fe5948aeeab4f32e80f30f","tags":["Patch","Third Party Advisory"],"source":"security-advisories@github.com"},{"url":"https://github.com/FreeRDP/FreeRDP/issues/6010","tags":["Exploit","Third Party Advisory"],"source":"security-advisories@github.com"},{"url":"https://github.com/FreeRDP/FreeRDP/security/advisories/GHSA-9jp6-5vf2-cx2q","tags":["Third Party Advisory"],"source":"security-advisories@github.com"},{"url":"https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/08/msg00054.html","tags":["Third Party Advisory"],"source":"security-advisories@github.com"},{"url":"https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2023/10/msg00008.html","tags":["Mailing List"],"source":"security-advisories@github.com"},{"url":"https://usn.ubuntu.com/4379-1/","tags":["Third Party Advisory"],"source":"security-advisories@github.com"},{"url":"https://usn.ubuntu.com/4382-1/","tags":["Third Party Advisory"],"source":"security-advisories@github.com"},{"url":"https://github.com/FreeRDP/FreeRDP/commit/6b2bc41935e53b0034fe5948aeeab4f32e80f30f","tags":["Patch","Third Party Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://github.com/FreeRDP/FreeRDP/issues/6010","tags":["Exploit","Third Party Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://github.com/FreeRDP/FreeRDP/security/advisories/GHSA-9jp6-5vf2-cx2q","tags":["Third Party Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/08/msg00054.html","tags":["Third Party Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2023/10/msg00008.html","tags":["Mailing List"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://usn.ubuntu.com/4379-1/","tags":["Third Party Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://usn.ubuntu.com/4382-1/","tags":["Third Party Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"}],"sources":{"nvd":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-11042","epss":"https://www.first.org/epss/","kev":"https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","exploitdb":"https://www.exploit-db.com/"},"licence":"CC BY 4.0 — link back to the CVE Explorer if you publish the results; upstream data remains subject to its own terms."}