Medium severity · published Sep 27, 2023
CVE-2023-42822
xrdp is an open source remote desktop protocol server
6.5
CVSS
0.7%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
xrdp is an open source remote desktop protocol server. Access to the font glyphs in xrdp_painter.c is not bounds-checked . Since some of this data is controllable by the user, this can result in an out-of-bounds read within the xrdp executable. The vulnerability allows an out-of-bounds read within a potentially privileged process. On non-Debian platforms, xrdp tends to run as root. Potentially an out-of-bounds write can follow the out-of-bounds read. There is no denial-of-service impact, providing xrdp is running in forking mode. This issue has been addressed in release 0.9.23.1. Users are advised to upgrade. There are no known workarounds for this vulnerability.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
Low
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
None
Availability
None
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)0.7% · higher than 54% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
FE
Fedora · Fedoraproject
37; 38 · source: NVD
XR
Xrdp · Neutrinolabs
before 0.9.23.1 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-42822
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2023-42822
Patch
https://github.com/neutrinolabs/xrdp/commit/73acbe1f7957c65122b00de4d6f57a8d0d257c40
Vendor Advisory
https://github.com/neutrinolabs/xrdp/security/advisories/GHSA-2hjx-rm4f-r9hw
Release Notes
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/5FPGA4M7IYCP7OILDF2ZJEVSXUOFEFQ6/
Mailing List
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/PFGL22QQF65OIZRMCKUZCVJQCKGUBRYE/
Mailing List
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/RTXODUR4ILM7ZPA6ZGY6VSK4BBSBMKGY/
lists.debian.org
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2025/05/msg00018.html
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