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CVE-2017-2839

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2017-2839 is a denial-of-service vulnerability affecting FreeRDP 2.0.0-beta1+android11 and various Debian distributions. A specially crafted challenge packet can cause the program to terminate, leading to a denial of service. Rated as Medium severity with a CVSS score of 5.9, this vulnerability can be exploited remotely over the network with high attack complexity, requiring either server compromise or a man-in-the-middle position. The primary impact is the availability of the affected system. There is no evidence of active exploitation, nor are there any publicly available exploit modules in Metasploit, Nuclei, or ExploitDB. Community discussion and media coverage for this CVE are minimal, indicating a low level of public attention.

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
1.72%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
75.1%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0172 is in the 53rd 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-2017-2839Low

freerdp: Rdp Client License Read Challenge Packet Denial of Service

Jul 24, 2017

References

debian.org / security/2017/dsa-3923
Third Party Advisory
talosintelligence.com / vulnerability_reports/TALOS-2017-0341
Third Party Advisory
securityfocus.com / bid/99942
Broken Link