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CVE-2020-11045

13
FAUCET Score

CVE-2020-11045 is an out-of-bounds read vulnerability in FreeRDP versions prior to 2.0.0, affecting various distributions including Canonical and Debian Linux. This flaw allows a highly privileged attacker to read client memory and display it as color on the screen, with a low impact on confidentiality and availability. The CVSS score is 3.3 (Low), indicating a network-based attack with high complexity. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage surrounding this vulnerability.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
>= 1.1.0, < 2.0.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:freerdp:freerdp:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
9.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:9.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
10.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:10.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
16.04CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:16.04:*:*:*:esm:*:*:*
18.04CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:18.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.1

2.2LOW

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

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
HIGH
Privileges Required
HIGH
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
LOW
Exploitability Score
0.7
Impact Score
1.4
CvssVersion
3.1

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
1.70%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
74.8%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-28
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0170 is in the 80th percentile among its peer group of 95 CVEs.

Social Chatter

No social media mentions found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.1 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

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (4)

github_advisorypatch availablevia nvd_reference
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7Fixed in: freerdp-0:2.1.1-2.el7
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8Fixed in: freerdp-2:2.1.1-1.el8
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8Fixed in: vinagre-0:3.22.0-23.el8
View patch

Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2020-11045Low

freerdp: out of bounds read in update_read_bitmap_data function

Mar 30, 2020

References

github.com / FreeRDP/FreeRDP/commit/f8890a645c221823ac133dbf991f8a65ae50d637
PatchThird Party Advisory
github.com / FreeRDP/FreeRDP/issues/6005
ExploitThird Party Advisory
github.com / FreeRDP/FreeRDP/security/advisories/GHSA-3x39-248q-f4q6
Third Party Advisory
lists.debian.org / debian-lts-announce/2020/08/msg00054.html
Third Party Advisory
lists.debian.org / debian-lts-announce/2023/10/msg00008.html
Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
usn.ubuntu.com / 4379-1
Third Party Advisory
usn.ubuntu.com / 4382-1
Third Party Advisory