CVE-2026-26955HIGH 8.8EPSS p26.5%

CVE-2026-26955CVE-2026-26955

Description

FreeRDP is a free implementation of the Remote Desktop Protocol. Prior to version 3.23.0, a malicious RDP server can trigger a heap buffer overflow in FreeRDP clients using the GDI surface pipeline (e.g., `xfreerdp`) by sending an RDPGFX ClearCodec surface command with an out-of-bounds destination rectangle. The `gdi_SurfaceCommand_ClearCodec()` handler does not call `is_within_surface()` to validate the command rectangle against the destination surface dimensions, allowing attacker-controlled `cmd->left`/`cmd->top` (and subcodec rectangle offsets) to reach image copy routines that write into `surface->data` without bounds enforcement. The OOB write corrupts an adjacent `gdiGfxSurface` struct's `codecs*` pointer with attacker-controlled pixel data, and corruption of `codecs*` is sufficient to reach an indirect function pointer call (`NSC_CONTEXT.decode` at `nsc.c:500`) on a subsequent codec command — full instruction pointer (RIP) control demonstrated in exploitability harness. Users should upgrade to version 3.23.0 to receive a patch.

Scoring

CVSS 3.18.8 (HIGH)
VectorCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
EPSS0.35% probability of exploitation · percentile 26.5% · 2026-06-19T12:03:05Z
Published2026-02-25
Last modified2026-02-27

Underlying weaknesses· 1

CWE-787

References

  1. https://github.com/FreeRDP/FreeRDP/commit/7d8fdce2d0ef337cb86cb37fc0c436c905e04d77
  2. https://github.com/FreeRDP/FreeRDP/security/advisories/GHSA-mr6w-ch7c-mqqj

1

TypeTargetConfidenceTier
WeaknessOut-of-bounds Writecwe-7870%live

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