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CVE-2017-2838

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2017-2838 is a denial of service vulnerability in FreeRDP 2.0.0-beta1+android11, affecting Debian and FreeRDP products. An attacker can trigger this vulnerability by sending a specially crafted challenge packet, leading to program termination. With a CVSS score of 5.9 (Medium), exploitation requires network access and high attack complexity, resulting in a high impact on availability. There is no public exploit code, Metasploit modules, or evidence of active exploitation, and it has received minimal community discussion or media coverage.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
2.0.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:freerdp:freerdp:2.0.0:beta1:*:*:*:*:*:*
8.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
9.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:9.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.0

6.5MEDIUM

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
REQUIRED
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
HIGH
Exploitability Score
2.8
Impact Score
3.6
CvssVersion
3.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
1.57%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
72.8%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0157 is in the 48th percentile among its peer group of 19,956 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.0 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.2 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Vendor Patches (2)

redhatend of lifevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6Fixed in: freerdp
redhatend of lifevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7Fixed in: freerdp

Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2017-2838Low

freerdp: Rdp Client License Read Product Info Denial of Service

Jul 24, 2017

References

debian.org / security/2017/dsa-3923
Third Party Advisory
talosintelligence.com / vulnerability_reports/TALOS-2017-0340
Third Party Advisory
securityfocus.com / bid/99942
Broken Link