CVE-2025-5024

CVE Details

Release Date:	2025-05-22
Impact:	Moderate	What is this?

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.

See more information about CVE-2025-5024 from MITRE CVE dictionary and NIST NVD

NOTE: The following CVSS metrics and score provided are preliminary and subject to review.

CVSS v3 metrics

Base Score:	7.4
Vector String:	CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:N/I:N/A:H
Version:	3.1
Attack Vector:	Network
Attack Complexity:	Low
Privileges Required:	None
User Interaction:	Required
Scope:	Changed
Confidentiality Impact:	None
Integrity Impact:	None
Availability Impact:	High

Errata information

Platform	Errata	Release Date
Oracle Linux version 10 (gnome-remote-desktop)	ELSA-2025-10635	2025-07-08
Oracle Linux version 8 (gnome-remote-desktop)	ELSA-2025-10742	2025-07-09
Oracle Linux version 9 (gnome-remote-desktop)	ELSA-2025-10631	2025-07-08