{"id":"RLSA-2021:4622","summary":"Important: freerdp security update","details":"FreeRDP is a free implementation of the Remote Desktop Protocol (RDP), released under the Apache license. The xfreerdp client can connect to RDP servers such as Microsoft Windows machines, xrdp, and VirtualBox.\n\nSecurity Fix(es):\n\n* freerdp: improper client input validation for gateway connections allows to overwrite memory (CVE-2021-41159)\n\n* freerdp: improper region checks in all clients allow out of bound write to memory (CVE-2021-41160)\n\nFor more details about the security issue(s), including the impact, a CVSS score, acknowledgments, and other related information, refer to the CVE page(s) listed in the References section.","modified":"2026-03-11T06:01:18.140348Z","published":"2021-11-11T09:34:33Z","upstream":["CVE-2021-41159","CVE-2021-41160"],"references":[{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"https://errata.rockylinux.org/RLSA-2021:4622"},{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2016403"},{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2016412"}],"affected":[{"package":{"name":"freerdp","ecosystem":"Rocky Linux:8","purl":"pkg:rpm/rocky-linux/freerdp?distro=rocky-linux-8-5-legacy&epoch=2"},"ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"2:2.2.0-7.el8_5"}],"database_specific":{"yum_repository":"AppStream"}}],"database_specific":{"source":"https://storage.googleapis.com/resf-osv-data/RLSA-2021:4622.json"}}],"schema_version":"1.7.5","severity":[{"type":"CVSS_V3","score":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H"}],"credits":[{"name":"Rocky Enterprise Software Foundation"},{"name":"Red Hat"}]}