CVE-2026-33984 — Heap-based Buffer Overflow in Freerdp
Severity
7.5HIGHNVD
EPSS
0.0%
top 86.15%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
Timeline
PublishedMar 30
Description
FreeRDP is a free implementation of the Remote Desktop Protocol. Prior to version 3.24.2, in resize_vbar_entry() in libfreerdp/codec/clear.c, vBarEntry->size is updated to vBarEntry->count before the winpr_aligned_recalloc() call. If realloc fails, size is inflated while pixels still points to the old, smaller buffer. On a subsequent call where count <= size (the inflated value), realloc is skipped. The caller then writes count * bpp bytes of attacker-controlled pixel data into the undersized bu…
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:HExploitability: 1.6 | Impact: 5.9
Affected Packages2 packages
Patches
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CVE-2026-33984 FreeRDP: FreeRDP: Heap buffer overflow allows arbitrary code execution via crafted pixel data↗2026-03-30