CVE-2020-11017

Publication date 29 May 2020

Last updated 25 August 2025

Ubuntu priority

Cvss 3 Severity Score

Description

In FreeRDP less than or equal to 2.0.0, by providing manipulated input a malicious client can create a double free condition and crash the server. This is fixed in version 2.1.0.

Status

Show unmaintained releases

Package	Ubuntu Release	Status
freerdp	20.04 LTS focal	Not in release
	19.10 eoan	Not in release
	18.04 LTS bionic	Not affected
	16.04 LTS xenial	Not affected
	14.04 LTS trusty	Not in release
freerdp2	20.04 LTS focal	Fixed 2.1.1+dfsg1-0ubuntu0.20.04.1
	19.10 eoan	Fixed 2.1.1+dfsg1-0ubuntu0.19.10.1
	18.04 LTS bionic	Fixed 2.1.1+dfsg1-0ubuntu0.18.04.1
	16.04 LTS xenial	Not in release
	14.04 LTS trusty	Not in release

Patch details

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Package	Patch details
freerdp2	Upstream: 8e1a1b4

Severity score breakdown

CVSS version: CVSS v3.0

Base score 6.5 · Medium

Base metrics

Parameter	Value
Attack vector	Network
Attack complexity	Low
Privileges required	Low
User interaction	None
Scope	Unchanged
Confidentiality impact	None
Integrity impact	None
Availability impact	High

Scores

Parameter	Value
Base score	6.5 · Medium
Exploitability score	-
Impact score	-

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