CVE-2025-4478

A flaw was found in the FreeRDP used by Anaconda's remote install feature, where a crafted RDP packet could trigger a segmentation fault. This issue causes the service to crash and remain defunct, resulting in a denial of service. It occurs pre-boot and is likely due to a NULL pointer dereference. Rebooting is required to recover the system.

CVSS v3 7.1 HIGH

7.1^/10

CVSS v3 : HIGH

Vector :

Exploitability : 2.8 / Impact : 4.2

Attack Vector NETWORK

Attack Complexity LOW

Privileges Required NONE

User Interaction REQUIRED

Confidentiality Impact NONE

Integrity Impact LOW

Availability Impact HIGH

Scope UNCHANGED

References

Link	Resource
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2025:9307	Vendor Advisory
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2025-4478	Vendor Advisory
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2365232	Issue Tracking Permissions Required
https://github.com/FreeRDP/FreeRDP/pull/11573	Patch

Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

cpe:2.3:a:freerdp:freerdp:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Configuration 2 (hide)

cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux:10.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

History

14 Oct 2025, 20:39

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
CPE		cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux:10.0:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:freerdp:freerdp::::::::
References	~~() https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2025:9307 -~~	() https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2025:9307 - Vendor Advisory
References	~~() https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2025-4478 -~~	() https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2025-4478 - Vendor Advisory
References	~~() https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2365232 -~~	() https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2365232 - Issue Tracking, Permissions Required
References	~~() https://github.com/FreeRDP/FreeRDP/pull/11573 -~~	() https://github.com/FreeRDP/FreeRDP/pull/11573 - Patch
First Time		Freerdp freerdp Redhat Freerdp Redhat enterprise Linux

29 Jul 2025, 19:15

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
References		() https://github.com/FreeRDP/FreeRDP/pull/11573 -

23 Jun 2025, 07:15

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
New CVE

Information

Published : 2025-05-16 15:15

Updated : 2025-10-14 20:39

NVD link : CVE-2025-4478

Mitre link : CVE-2025-4478

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2025-4478

JSON object : View

Products Affected

redhat

enterprise_linux

freerdp

freerdp

CWE

CWE-476

NULL Pointer Dereference

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