CVEvulnerability
CVE-2026-22853
6.8 MEDIUM
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- Status
- Modified
- Published
- 2026-01-14
- Last modified
- 2026-07-15
- Assigner
- [email protected]
- CVSS 4.0 ([email protected])
- 6.8 MEDIUM — CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:H/AT:N/PR:N/UI:P/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:P/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:X
- CVSS 3.1 ([email protected])
- 9.8 CRITICAL — CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- CVSS 3.1 (0b0ca135-0b70-47e7-9f44-1890c2a1c46c)
- 8.1 HIGH — CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- Weaknesses
- CWE-787
Description
FreeRDP is a free implementation of the Remote Desktop Protocol. Prior to 3.20.1, RDPEAR’s NDR array reader does not perform bounds checking on the on‑wire element count and can write past the heap buffer allocated from hints, causing a heap buffer overflow in ndr_read_uint8Array. This vulnerability is fixed in 3.20.1.
Affected configurations
• freerdp freerdp (< 3.20.1)
Related
Weakness · CWE (1)
- CWE-787 Out-of-bounds Write weakness
References
- https://github.com/FreeRDP/FreeRDP/releases/tag/3.20.1 Release Notes
- https://github.com/FreeRDP/FreeRDP/security/advisories/GHSA-47v9-p4gp-w5ch Exploit, Vendor Advisory
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:19033 access.redhat.com
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:3068 access.redhat.com
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:4121 access.redhat.com
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-22853 access.redhat.com
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2429647 bugzilla.redhat.com
- https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/2026/cve-2026-22853.json security.access.redhat.com