cve/2023/CVE-2023-40569.md

### [CVE-2023-40569](https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2023-40569)
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![](https://img.shields.io/static/v1?label=Version&message=%3D%20%3C%202.11.0%20&color=brighgreen)
![](https://img.shields.io/static/v1?label=Vulnerability&message=CWE-787%3A%20Out-of-bounds%20Write&color=brighgreen)

### Description

FreeRDP is a free implementation of the Remote Desktop Protocol (RDP), released under the Apache license. Affected versions are subject to an Out-Of-Bounds Write in the `progressive_decompress` function. This issue is likely down to incorrect calculations of the `nXSrc` and `nYSrc` variables. This issue has been addressed in versions 2.11.0 and 3.0.0-beta3. Users are advised to upgrade. there are no known workarounds for this vulnerability.

### POC

#### Reference
- https://github.com/FreeRDP/FreeRDP/security/advisories/GHSA-hm8c-rcjg-c8qp

#### Github
No PoCs found on GitHub currently.