CVE-2026-23531 — Heap-based Buffer Overflow in Freerdp
Severity
7.7HIGHNVD
EPSS
0.1%
top 66.47%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
Timeline
PublishedJan 19
Latest updateMar 18
Description
FreeRDP is a free implementation of the Remote Desktop Protocol. Prior to version 3.21.0, in ClearCodec, when `glyphData` is present, `clear_decompress` calls `freerdp_image_copy_no_overlap` without validating the destination rectangle, allowing an out-of-bounds read/write via crafted RDPGFX surface updates. 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 surroundin…
CVSS vector
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