5.5

CVE-2020-11049: canonical ubuntu_linux Out-of-bounds Read

CVSS: 5.5v3.1MediumModified
AliasesUBUNTU-CVE-2020-11049DEBIAN-CVE-2020-11049
Published 07-05-2020Last modified 04-08-2024

Vulnerability summary

CVE-2020-11049 is a medium (CVSS 5.5) Out-of-bounds Read vulnerability in canonical ubuntu_linux. EPSS estimates a 1.52% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 74.1% of scored vulnerabilities. 1 public exploit is recorded.

Overall risk
32/100
0100
Medium · default modelHow is this calculated?
CVSS score
5.5/10
010
Medium · v3.1 (CVE.org)
EPSS score
1.52%
0%100%
Low · -0.01 pp in 30 days
KEVNot listedIn no KEV catalog
RansomwareNone recordedNo known use recorded
Public exploits1github

Advisory lineage

Upstream 0 · Downstream 6 · Related 2

Timeline

  1. 07-05-2020
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 04-08-2024
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

In FreeRDP after 1.1 and before 2.0.0, there is an out-of-bound read of client memory that is then passed on to the protocol parser. This has been patched in 2.0.0.

CVSS metrics

5 scores · 4 sources · 2 versions

EPSS trend

Probability

1.52%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

74%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

-0.01 pp

From 1.52% on 19-09-2026

19-09-202619-10-2026
EPSS score
1.52%

Known exploited

Compare KEV catalogs

Not in any of the 3 tracked catalogs.

Public exploits

1 found
  • githubUnverified

    Freerdp

    Maturity: poc

Weaknesses

CWE · root cause

Affected systems

Debian2 products
Ubuntu2 products
  • freerdp< 1.1.0~git20140921.1.440916e+dfsg1-5ubuntu1.4 | All versions (No fix recorded)
  • freerdp2< 2.1.1+dfsg1-0ubuntu0.18.04.1 | < 2.1.1+dfsg1-0ubuntu0.20.04.1
Canonical1 product
Freerdp1 product
  • freerdp> 1.1, < 2.0.0 | > 1.1.0, < 2.0.0

4 vendors · 6 products

References

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