Is CVE-2019-17178 in the CISA KEV catalog?

No. CVE-2019-17178 is not currently on the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities list.

What is the CVSS severity of CVE-2019-17178?

CVE-2019-17178 has a CVSS v3 base score of 7.5 (HIGH).

What is the EPSS score for CVE-2019-17178?

CVE-2019-17178 has an EPSS score of 2.58% (83th percentile), estimating the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days.

How do I fix CVE-2019-17178?

Upgrade freerdp2 on debian 11 to 2.0.0~git20190204.1.2693389a+dfsg1-2 or later.

CVE & CISA-KEV Catalog

CVE-2019-17178

HIGHEPSS 83th pctl

7.5

CVSS v3

NVD

Description

HuffmanTree_makeFromFrequencies in lodepng.c in LodePNG through 2019-09-28, as used in WinPR in FreeRDP and other products, has a memory leak because a supplied realloc pointer (i.e., the first argument to realloc) is also used for a realloc return value.

CWE-252 CWE-401Missing Release of Memory (Memory Leak)

How to fix

Remediation Available

freerdp2Debian

Fixed in:2.0.0~git20190204.1.2693389a+dfsg1-2CVE-2019-17178

Remediation is compiled from vendor and distribution security advisories. Always confirm against the linked source for your exact version and platform.

CVSS v3 Vector

Exploitability

Attack VectorNetwork

Attack ComplexityLow

Privileges RequiredNone

User InteractionNone

ScopeUnchanged

Impact

ConfidentialityNone

IntegrityNone

AvailabilityHigh

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

Exploit Intelligence

2.58%probability of exploitation in 30 days

83rdpercentile

Elevated risk: more likely to be exploited than 83% of all known CVEs.

References

Patch1

github.com

Third-Party Advisory3

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This product uses NVD data but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD. EPSS scores courtesy of FIRST.org (https://www.first.org/epss). Source: CISA KEV Catalog. Data as of 2024-11-21.