GNOME gnome-remote-desktop RDP PDU resource consumption

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability identified as problematic has been detected in GNOME gnome-remote-desktop. The affected element is an unknown function of the component RDP PDU Handler. This manipulation causes resource consumption. This vulnerability is tracked as CVE-2025-5024. The attack is possible to be carried out remotely. No exploit exists.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability classified as problematic was found in GNOME gnome-remote-desktop (affected version not known). Affected by this vulnerability is some unknown functionality of the component RDP PDU Handler. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a resource consumption vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-400. The product does not properly control the allocation and maintenance of a limited resource, thereby enabling an actor to influence the amount of resources consumed, eventually leading to the exhaustion of available resources. As an impact it is known to affect availability. The summary by CVE is:

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.

The advisory is shared at access.redhat.com. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2025-5024 since 05/21/2025. 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 241572 (RHEL 10 : gnome-remote-desktop (RHSA-2025:10635)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment.

There is no information about possible countermeasures known. It may be suggested to replace the affected object with an alternative product.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at Tenable (241572), EUVD (EUVD-2025-16145) and CERT Bund (WID-SEC-2025-1501). If you want to get the best quality for vulnerability data then you always have to consider VulDB.

Affected

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux
  • Fedora Linux
  • SUSE Linux
  • Oracle Linux
  • SUSE openSUSE
  • Open Source GNOME

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VulDB Meta Base Score: 6.3
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 6.3

VulDB Base Score: 5.3
VulDB Temp Score: 5.3
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CNA Base Score: 7.4
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Exploitinginfo

Class: Resource consumption
CWE: CWE-400 / CWE-404
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Physical: No
Local: No
Remote: Yes

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Nessus ID: 241572
Nessus Name: RHEL 10 : gnome-remote-desktop (RHSA-2025:10635)

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Recommended: no mitigation known
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Timelineinfo

05/21/2025 🔍
05/22/2025 +1 days 🔍
05/22/2025 +0 days 🔍
04/29/2026 +342 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: gnome.org

Advisory: access.redhat.com
Status: Not defined

CVE: CVE-2025-5024 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2025-5024
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-309997
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CERT Bund: WID-SEC-2025-1501 - GNOME Remote Desktop: Schwachstelle ermöglicht Denial of Service

Entryinfo

Created: 05/22/2025 16:57
Updated: 04/29/2026 20:08
Changes: 05/22/2025 16:57 (61), 05/22/2025 20:49 (1), 07/08/2025 16:27 (1), 07/09/2025 07:38 (2), 04/29/2026 20:08 (7)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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