CVE-2025-5024

Gnome-remote-desktop: uncontrolled resource consumption due to malformed rdp pdus

Description

A flaw was found in gnome-remote-desktop. Once gnome-remote-desktop listens for RDP connections, an unauthenticated attacker can exhaust system resources and repeatedly crash the process. There may be a resource leak after many attacks, which will also result in gnome-remote-desktop no longer being able to open files even after it is restarted via systemd.

Remediation

Workaround:

  • Mitigation for this issue is either not available or the currently available options don't meet the Red Hat Product Security criteria comprising ease of use and deployment, applicability to widespread installation base or stability.

Category

7.4
CVSS
Severity: High
CVSS 3.1 •
EPSS 0.03%
Vendor Advisory redhat.com Vendor Advisory redhat.com Vendor Advisory redhat.com
Affected: Red Hat Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10
Affected: Red Hat Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8
Affected: Red Hat Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9
Published at:
Updated at:

References

Link Tags
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2025:10631 vendor advisory
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2025:10635 vendor advisory
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2025:10742 vendor advisory
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2025-5024 vdb entry
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2367717 issue tracking

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2025-5024?
CVE-2025-5024 has been scored as a high severity vulnerability.
How to fix CVE-2025-5024?
As a workaround for remediating CVE-2025-5024: Mitigation for this issue is either not available or the currently available options don't meet the Red Hat Product Security criteria comprising ease of use and deployment, applicability to widespread installation base or stability.
Is CVE-2025-5024 being actively exploited in the wild?
As for now, there are no information to confirm that CVE-2025-5024 is being actively exploited. According to its EPSS score, there is a ~0% probability that this vulnerability will be exploited by malicious actors in the next 30 days.
What software or system is affected by CVE-2025-5024?
CVE-2025-5024 affects Red Hat Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10, Red Hat Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8, Red Hat Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9.
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