CVEvulnerability
CVE-2026-23530
7.7 HIGH
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- Status
- Modified
- Published
- 2026-01-19
- Last modified
- 2026-07-15
- Assigner
- [email protected]
- CVSS 4.0 ([email protected])
- 7.7 HIGH — CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/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)
- 7.6 HIGH — CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:H
- Weaknesses
- CWE-122
Description
FreeRDP is a free implementation of the Remote Desktop Protocol. Prior to version 3.21.0,`freerdp_bitmap_decompress_planar` does not validate `nSrcWidth`/`nSrcHeight` against `planar->maxWidth`/`maxHeight` before RLE decode. A malicious server can trigger a client‑side heap buffer overflow, causing a crash (DoS) and potential heap corruption with code‑execution risk depending on allocator behavior and surrounding heap layout. Version 3.21.0 contains a patch for the issue.
Affected configurations
• freerdp freerdp (< 3.21.0)
Related
Weakness · CWE (1)
- CWE-122 Heap-based Buffer Overflow weakness
References
- https://github.com/FreeRDP/FreeRDP/blob/38514dfa5813aa945a86cfbcec279033f8394468/libfreerdp/codec/planar.c#L1689-L1696 Product
- https://github.com/FreeRDP/FreeRDP/blob/38514dfa5813aa945a86cfbcec279033f8394468/libfreerdp/codec/planar.c#L1713-L1716 Product
- https://github.com/FreeRDP/FreeRDP/blob/38514dfa5813aa945a86cfbcec279033f8394468/libfreerdp/codec/planar.c#L951-L953 Product
- https://github.com/FreeRDP/FreeRDP/releases/tag/3.21.0 Release Notes
- https://github.com/FreeRDP/FreeRDP/security/advisories/GHSA-r4hv-852m-fq7p Exploit, Vendor Advisory
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:2048 access.redhat.com
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:2081 access.redhat.com
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:2222 access.redhat.com
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:2714 access.redhat.com
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:2736 access.redhat.com
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:2770 access.redhat.com
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:2824 access.redhat.com
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:2952 access.redhat.com
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:3036 access.redhat.com
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:3037 access.redhat.com
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:3038 access.redhat.com
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:3039 access.redhat.com
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:3041 access.redhat.com
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-23530 access.redhat.com
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2430877 bugzilla.redhat.com
- https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/2026/cve-2026-23530.json security.access.redhat.com