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CVE-2020-11096

18
FAUCET Score

CVE-2020-11096 describes a global out-of-bounds read vulnerability in FreeRDP versions prior to 2.1.2, impacting various distributions including Canonical, Debian, Fedora, and OpenSUSE. This medium-severity vulnerability (CVSS 6.5) can be exploited remotely with low attack complexity, potentially leading to limited disclosure of information and denial of service. While a workaround exists by disabling the bitmap cache, there is currently no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion surrounding this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
< 2.1.2CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:freerdp:freerdp:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
31CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:31:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
32CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:32:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
15.1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:opensuse:leap:15.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
18.04CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:18.04:*:*:*:esm:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.1

3.5LOW

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

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
HIGH
Privileges Required
LOW
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
CHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
LOW
Availability Impact
NONE
Exploitability Score
1.8
Impact Score
1.4
CvssVersion
3.1

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
1.84%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
76.7%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-28
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0184 is in the 64th percentile among its peer group of 23,725 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 0.4 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 (3)

github_advisorypatch availablevia nvd_reference
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8Fixed in: freerdp-2:2.2.0-1.el8
View patch
redhatvendor investigatingvia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7Fixed in: freerdp

Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2020-11096Low

freerdp: out-of-bound read in update_read_cache_bitmap_v3_order

Jun 22, 2020

References

lists.opensuse.org / opensuse-security-announce/2020-07/msg00080.html
Third Party Advisory
github.com / FreeRDP/FreeRDP/commit/b8beb55913471952f92770c90c372139d78c16c0
PatchThird Party Advisory
github.com / FreeRDP/FreeRDP/security/advisories/GHSA-mjw7-3mq2-996x
MitigationThird Party Advisory
lists.debian.org / debian-lts-announce/2023/10/msg00008.html
Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
lists.fedoraproject.org / archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/6Y35HBHG2INICLSGCIKNAR7GCXEHQACQ
lists.fedoraproject.org / archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/XOZLH35OJWIQLM7FYDXAP2EAUBDXE76V
usn.ubuntu.com / 4481-1
Third Party Advisory
freerdp.com / 2020/06/22/2_1_2-released
Release NotesVendor Advisory