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CVE-2026-29774

FreeRDP is a free implementation of the Remote Desktop Protocol. Prior to 3.24.0, a client-side heap buffer overflow occ

FreeRDP is a free implementation of the Remote Desktop Protocol. Prior to 3.24.0, a client-side heap buffer overflow occurs in the FreeRDP client's AVC420/AVC444 YUV-to-RGB conversion path due to missing horizontal bounds validation of H.264 metablock regionRects coordinates. In yuv.c, the clamp() function (line 347) only validates top/bottom against the surface/YUV height, but never checks left/right against the surface width.

When avc420_yuv_to_rgb (line 67) computes destination and source pointers using rect-left, it performs unchecked pointer arithmetic that can reach far beyond the allocated surface buffer. A malicious server sends a WIRE_TO_SURFACE_PDU_1 with AVC420 codec containing a regionRects entry where left greatly exceeds the surface width (e.g., left=60000 on a 128px surface). The H.264 bitstream decodes successfully, then yuv420_process_work_callback calls avc420_yuv_to_rgb which computes pDstPoint = pDstData + rect-top nDstStep + rect-left 4, writing 16-byte SSE vectors 1888+ bytes past the allocated heap region.

This vulnerability is fixed in 3.24.0.

MEDIUM · CVSS 5.3 EPSS 0.00103
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  • Public exploit or PoC is available
  • SSVC automatable: yes - attacks can be scripted at scale
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Weakness Classification

Affected Products & Versions

1
freerdp< 3.24.0

Public Exploits & PoCs

1

Scoring & Timeline

5.3
MEDIUM · CVSS v3.1 · security-advisories@github.com
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Attack Vector
Network Adjacent Local Physical
Attack Complexity
Low High
Privileges Required
None Low High
User Interaction
None Required
Scope
Unchanged Changed
Confidentiality
None Low High
Integrity
None Low High
Availability
None Low High
Published to NVD13 Mar 2026 · 07:54 PM
CVSS VectorCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L
SSVC triage · cisa-vulnrichment
Exploitation
poc
Automatable
yes
Technical impact
partial
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Vendor Advisories

8
suse-csafopenSUSE-SU-2026:20657-1
suse-csafSUSE-SU-2026:21436-1
suse-csafSUSE-SU-2026:1640-1
suse-csafSUSE-SU-2026:1632-1
suse-csafSUSE-SU-2026:1633-1
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References & Sources

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Source URLs (vendor pages, mailing lists, write-ups). Exploit/PoC links are in their own section above to avoid duplication.
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