CVE-2026-24680 — Use After Free in Freerdp

CWE-416 — Use After FreeCWE-825 — Expired Pointer Dereference12 documents6 sources
Severity
8.7HIGHNVD
NVD5.5OSV6.9
EPSS
0.0%
top 94.62%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
3
FreerdpDebian Freerdp2Debian Freerdp3
Timeline
PublishedFeb 9
Latest updateFeb 25

Description

FreeRDP is a free implementation of the Remote Desktop Protocol. Prior to 3.22.0, sdl_Pointer_New frees data on failure, then pointer_free calls sdl_Pointer_Free and frees it again, triggering ASan UAF. This vulnerability is fixed in 3.22.0.

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

Affected Packages4 packages

▶CVEListV5freerdp/freerdp< 3.23.0
▶NVDfreerdp/freerdp< 3.23.0+1
▶debiandebian/freerdp2< freerdp3 3.23.0+dfsg-1 (forky)+1
▶debiandebian/freerdp3< freerdp3 3.23.0+dfsg-1 (forky)+1

Patches

Patch: github.com ↗Patch: github.com ↗

🔴Vulnerability Details

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OSV
CVE-2026-27950: FreeRDP is a free implementation of the Remote Desktop Protocol↗2026-02-25
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OSV
freerdp2, freerdp3 vulnerabilities↗2026-02-16
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OSV
CVE-2026-24680: FreeRDP is a free implementation of the Remote Desktop Protocol↗2026-02-09
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📋Vendor Advisories

5
Red Hat
freerdp: FreeRDP: Denial of service due to incomplete fix for heap-use-after-free vulnerability↗2026-02-25
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Ubuntu
FreeRDP vulnerabilities↗2026-02-16
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Red Hat
freerdp: FreeRDP has a heap-use-after-free in update_pointer_new(SDL)↗2026-02-09
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Debian
CVE-2026-27950: freerdp2 - FreeRDP is a free implementation of the Remote Desktop Protocol. Prior to versio...↗2026
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Debian
CVE-2026-24680: freerdp2 - FreeRDP is a free implementation of the Remote Desktop Protocol. Prior to 3.22.0...↗2026
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🕵️Threat Intelligence

2
Wiz
CVE-2026-24680 Impact, Exploitability, and Mitigation Steps | Wiz↗
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Wiz
CVE-2026-27950 Impact, Exploitability, and Mitigation Steps | Wiz↗
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