{"id":"CVE-2025-4478","title":"A flaw was found in the FreeRDP used by Anaconda's remote install feature, where a crafted RDP packet could trigger a segmentation fault","summary":"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 occ…","severity":"medium","cvss":6.5,"cvssVector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H","cwe":["CWE-476"],"vendor":"freerdp","product":"freerdp","affected":["freerdp >= 3.0.0, < 3.16.0","enterprise_linux = 10.0"],"patched":["freerdp 3.16.0"],"published":"2025-05-16","updated":"2026-06-25","source":"NVD","sourceUrl":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-4478","references":[{"url":"https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2025:9307","label":"secalert@redhat.com"},{"url":"https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2025-4478","label":"secalert@redhat.com"},{"url":"https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2365232","label":"secalert@redhat.com"},{"url":"https://github.com/FreeRDP/FreeRDP/pull/11573","label":"secalert@redhat.com"}],"tags":["nvd"],"epss":0.00518,"epssPercentile":0.41537,"ingestedAt":"2026-06-29T13:24:34.205Z","slug":"CVE-2025-4478","body":"## Overview\n\nA 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.\n\n## Affected\n\n- `freerdp >= 3.0.0, < 3.16.0`\n- `enterprise_linux = 10.0`\n\n## Remediation\n\nUpgrade past the affected range:\n\n- `freerdp 3.16.0`","depth":"sunlit","depthScore":36,"depthScoreParts":{"impact":35.8,"likelihood":0.1,"exploitation":0,"ransomware":0},"changes":[]}