CVE-2026-26955 — Out-of-bounds Write in Freerdp
CWE-787 — Out-of-bounds WriteCWE-805 — Buffer Access with Incorrect Length Value8 documents8 sources
Severity
8.8HIGHNVD
EPSS
0.1%
top 79.29%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
Timeline
PublishedFeb 25
Latest updateMar 18
Description
FreeRDP is a free implementation of the Remote Desktop Protocol. Prior to version 3.23.0, a malicious RDP server can trigger a heap buffer overflow in FreeRDP clients using the GDI surface pipeline (e.g., `xfreerdp`) by sending an RDPGFX ClearCodec surface command with an out-of-bounds destination rectangle. The `gdi_SurfaceCommand_ClearCodec()` handler does not call `is_within_surface()` to validate the command rectangle against the destination surface dimensions, allowing attacker-controlled `…
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:HExploitability: 2.8 | Impact: 5.9
Affected Packages2 packages
Patches
🔴Vulnerability Details
2📋Vendor Advisories
3🕵️Threat Intelligence
1💬Community
1Bugzilla▶
CVE-2026-26955 freerdp: FreeRDP: Arbitrary code execution via heap buffer overflow in GDI surface pipeline↗2026-02-26