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 pointers using rect->left, it performs unchecked pointer arithmetic that can reach far beyond the allocated surface buffer. A malicious server sends a WIRE_TO_SURFACE_PDU_1 with AVC420 codec containing a regionRects entry where left greatly exceeds the surface width (e.g., left=60000 on a 128px surface). The H.264 bitstream decodes successfully, then yuv420_process_work_callback calls avc420_yuv_to_rgb which computes pDstPoint = pDstData + rect->top * nDstStep + rect->left * 4, writing 16-byte SSE vectors 1888+ bytes past the allocated heap region. This vulnerability is fixed in 3.24.0.
CVSS Details
- CVSS 3.1 Base Score: 5.3
- CVSS 3.1 Vector: (CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:H)
Covered by Rapid7
| Product | Vendor Advisory | Solution File | Added | Published |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alpine Linux | — | Upgrade freerdp | Mar 16, 2026 | Mar 13, 2026 |
| Amazon Linux Ami 2 | — | Upgrade libwinprUpgrade freerdp-develUpgrade libwinpr-develUpgrade freerdp-libsUpgrade freerdp-debuginfoUpgrade freerdp | May 20, 2026 | May 20, 2026 |
| Amazon_linux_2023 | — | Upgrade freerdp-server-debuginfoUpgrade freerdp-serverUpgrade libwinprUpgrade freerdp-develUpgrade libwinpr-debuginfoUpgrade freerdp-libsUpgrade freerdp-libs-debuginfoUpgrade libwinpr-develUpgrade freerdp-debugsourceUpgrade freerdpUpgrade freerdp-debuginfo | Apr 7, 2026 | Mar 13, 2026 |
| Debian | — | Upgrade freerdp3 | Jul 23, 2026 | Jul 23, 2026 |
| Redhat_linux | — | No solution exists | Jul 17, 2026 | Mar 13, 2026 |
| Ubuntu | — | Upgrade libfreerdp3-3Upgrade freerdp3-x11Upgrade freerdp-x11 | Jul 21, 2026 | Jul 20, 2026 |
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