Vulnerability · Published May 22, 2025 · Assigned by redhat
CVE-2025-5024Gnome-remote-desktop: uncontrolled resource consumption due to malformed rdp pdus
High 7.4
In plain English
A high-severity uncontrolled resource consumption in Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10 from Red Hat. There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 0.8% (higher than 58% of all known vulnerabilities). Fixed versions are available - upgrade the affected package.
Official 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.
Affected packages & fixed versions
| Ecosystem | Package | Fixed in | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| AlmaLinux:10 | gnome-remote-desktop | 47.3-2.el10_0 | ALSA-2025:10635 |
| AlmaLinux:8 | gnome-remote-desktop | 0.1.8-4.el8_10 | ALSA-2025:10742 |
| AlmaLinux:9 | gnome-remote-desktop | 40.0-11.el9_6 | ALSA-2025:10631 |
| Debian:12 | gnome-remote-desktop | no fix listed | DEBIAN-CVE-2025-5024 |
| Debian:13 | gnome-remote-desktop | no fix listed | DEBIAN-CVE-2025-5024 |
| Debian:14 | gnome-remote-desktop | 50.1-4 | DEBIAN-CVE-2025-5024 |
| Rocky Linux:10 | gnome-remote-desktop | 0:47.3-2.el10_0 | RLSA-2025:10635 |
| Rocky Linux:8 | gnome-remote-desktop | 0:0.1.8-4.el8_10 | RLSA-2025:10742 |
| Rocky Linux:9 | gnome-remote-desktop | 0:40.0-11.el9_6 | RLSA-2025:10631 |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | gnome-remote-desktop | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2025-5024 |
| Ubuntu:24.04:LTS | gnome-remote-desktop | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2025-5024 |
| Ubuntu:25.10 | gnome-remote-desktop | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2025-5024 |
| Ubuntu:26.04:LTS | gnome-remote-desktop | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2025-5024 |
| Ubuntu:26.10 | gnome-remote-desktop | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2025-5024 |
Affected products (as reported)
Weakness: CWE-400 · Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:N/I:N/A:H
References
- RHSA-2025:10631 vendor-advisory, x_refsource_REDHAT
- RHSA-2025:10635 vendor-advisory, x_refsource_REDHAT
- RHSA-2025:10742 vendor-advisory, x_refsource_REDHAT
- RHSA-2025:11403 vendor-advisory, x_refsource_REDHAT
- RHSA-2025:11404 vendor-advisory, x_refsource_REDHAT
- RHSA-2025:11405 vendor-advisory, x_refsource_REDHAT
- RHSA-2025:11406 vendor-advisory, x_refsource_REDHAT
- RHSA-2025:11407 vendor-advisory, x_refsource_REDHAT
- RHSA-2025:11408 vendor-advisory, x_refsource_REDHAT
- RHSA-2025:11418 vendor-advisory, x_refsource_REDHAT
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2025-5024 vdb-entry, x_refsource_REDHAT
- RHBZ#2367717 issue-tracking, x_refsource_REDHAT
- https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/gnome-remote-desktop/-/merge_requests/321