VDB-308581 · CVE-2025-4478 · EUVD-2025-15458

GNOME gnome-remote-desktop RDP Packet denial of service

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in GNOME gnome-remote-desktop. It has been rated as problematic. This impacts an unknown function of the component RDP Packet Handler. This manipulation causes denial of service. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2025-4478. The attack can be initiated remotely. There is not any exploit available. It is advisable to implement restrictive firewalling.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in GNOME gnome-remote-desktop (version unknown). It has been declared as problematic. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown function of the component RDP Packet Handler. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a denial of service vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-404. The product does not release or incorrectly releases a resource before it is made available for re-use. As an impact it is known to affect availability. The summary by CVE is:

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.

The advisory is shared at bugzilla.redhat.com. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2025-4478 since 05/09/2025. The exploitation appears to be easy. The attack can be launched remotely. The exploitation doesn't need any form of authentication. Neither technical details nor an exploit are publicly available. MITRE ATT&CK project uses the attack technique T1499 for this issue.

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 240245 (RHEL 10 : freerdp (RHSA-2025:9307)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment.

Proper firewalling of is able to address this issue.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at Tenable (240245) and EUVD (EUVD-2025-15458). If you want to get the best quality for vulnerability data then you always have to consider VulDB.

Productinfo

Vendor

GNOME

Name

gnome-remote-desktop

License

open-source

Website

Vendor: https://www.gnome.org/

CPE 2.3info

CPE 2.2info

CVSSv4info

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CVSSv3info

VulDB Meta Base Score: 6.1
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 6.0

VulDB Base Score: 5.3
VulDB Temp Score: 5.0
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NVD Base Score: 6.5
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CNA Base Score: 6.5
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Exploitinginfo

Class: Denial of service
CWE: CWE-404
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Physical: No
Local: No
Remote: Yes

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Status: Not defined

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Nessus ID: 240245
Nessus Name: RHEL 10 : freerdp (RHSA-2025:9307)

Threat Intelligenceinfo

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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: Firewall
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Timelineinfo

05/09/2025 🔍
05/13/2025 +4 days 🔍
05/13/2025 +0 days 🔍
01/21/2026 +253 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: gnome.org

Advisory: bugzilla.redhat.com
Status: Not defined

CVE: CVE-2025-4478 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2025-4478
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-308581
EUVD: 🔍

Entryinfo

Created: 05/13/2025 08:05
Updated: 01/21/2026 17:11
Changes: 05/13/2025 08:05 (51), 05/23/2025 15:59 (13), 06/03/2025 15:06 (1), 06/23/2025 20:34 (2), 10/15/2025 06:43 (11), 01/21/2026 17:11 (3)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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