CVE-2022-23468
Published: 09 December 2022
Summary
CVE-2022-23468 is a medium-severity Classic Buffer Overflow (CWE-120) vulnerability in Neutrinolabs Xrdp. Its CVSS base score is 6.5 (Medium).
Operationally, ranked at the 37.1th percentile by exploit likelihood (below the median); it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.
EU & UK References
- 🇪🇺 ENISA EUVD: EUVD-2022-28534
Vulnerability details
xrdp is an open source project which provides a graphical login to remote machines using Microsoft Remote Desktop Protocol (RDP). xrdp < v0.9.21 contain a buffer over flow in xrdp_login_wnd_create() function. There are no known workarounds for this issue. Users…
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are advised to upgrade.
- CWE(s)
Related Threats
No named actor attribution yet. ATT&CK technique mapping in progress for this CVE.
Affected Assets
Mitigating Controls
Likely Mitigating Controls AI
Per-CVE control mapping for this CVE has not run yet; the list below is derived from the weakness types (CWEs) cited in the NVD entry.
Platform-independent managed code eliminates the need for unchecked native buffer copies that are the root cause of classic buffer overflows.