CVE-2025-5024

High

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.

SeverityHigh
CVSS7.4
Exploit probability—
ProductRed Hat Enterprise Linux 10
PublishedMay 22, 2025
First seenMay 22, 2025

How to fix

Affected products

ProductAffected versionsFixed in
Red Hat Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10No range specified—
enterprise_linux 8No range specified—
rhel_aus 8.2No range specified—
rhel_aus 8.4No range specified—
rhel_aus 8.6No range specified—
rhel_e4s 8.8No range specified—
enterprise_linux 9No range specified—
rhel_e4s 9.0No range specified—
rhel_e4s 9.2No range specified—
rhel_eus 9.4No range specified—

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