CVE-2026-29774Out-of-bounds Write in Freerdp

Severity
8.2HIGHNVD
CNA5.3
EPSS
0.1%
top 81.88%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
Timeline
PublishedMar 13

Description

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 poi

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:HExploitability: 3.9 | Impact: 4.2

Affected Packages2 packages

CVEListV5freerdp/freerdp< 3.24.0
NVDfreerdp/freerdp< 3.24.0

Patches

🔴Vulnerability Details

2
CVEList
FreeRDP has a heap-buffer-overflow in avc420_yuv_to_rgb via OOB regionRects2026-03-13
OSV
CVE-2026-29774: FreeRDP is a free implementation of the Remote Desktop Protocol2026-03-13

📋Vendor Advisories

2
Red Hat
freerdp: FreeRDP has a heap-buffer-overflow in avc420_yuv_to_rgb via OOB regionRects2026-03-13
Debian
CVE-2026-29774: freerdp2 - FreeRDP is a free implementation of the Remote Desktop Protocol. Prior to 3.24.0...2026

🕵️Threat Intelligence

1
Wiz
CVE-2026-29774 Impact, Exploitability, and Mitigation Steps | Wiz