Description
FreeRDP is a free remote desktop protocol library and clients. All FreeRDP based clients when using the `/video` command line switch might read uninitialized data, decode it as audio/video and display the result. FreeRDP based server implementations are not affected. This issue has been patched in version 2.8.1. If you cannot upgrade do not use the `/video` switch.
Published: 2022-10-12
Score: 5.9 Medium
EPSS: < 1% Very Low
KEV: No
Impact: n/a
Action: n/a
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Advisories
Source ID Title
Debian DLA Debian DLA DLA-3654-1 freerdp2 security update
Debian DLA Debian DLA DLA-4053-1 freerdp2 security update
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2022-41785 FreeRDP is a free remote desktop protocol library and clients. All FreeRDP based clients when using the `/video` command line switch might read uninitialized data, decode it as audio/video and display the result. FreeRDP based server implementations are not affected. This issue has been patched in version 2.8.1. If you cannot upgrade do not use the `/video` switch.
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-5734-1 FreeRDP vulnerabilities
History

Mon, 03 Nov 2025 21:30:00 +0000

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Metrics ssvc

{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}


Tue, 15 Jul 2025 13:45:00 +0000

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{'score': 0.00093}

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{'score': 0.00086}


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{'score': 0.00162}

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Subscriptions

Fedoraproject Fedora
Freerdp Freerdp
Redhat Enterprise Linux
cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: GitHub_M

Published:

Updated: 2025-11-03T20:34:57.300Z

Reserved: 2022-09-02T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2022-39283

cve-icon Vulnrichment

Updated: 2025-11-03T20:34:57.300Z

cve-icon NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2022-10-12T23:15:09.527

Modified: 2025-11-03T21:15:52.710

Link: CVE-2022-39283

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Moderate

Publid Date: 2022-10-13T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2022-39283 - Bugzilla

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Weaknesses