vulnerability

Ubuntu: USN-8042-1 (CVE-2026-24680): FreeRDP vulnerabilities

Severity
8
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C)
Published
Feb 9, 2026
Added
Feb 17, 2026
Modified
Apr 16, 2026

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.

Solutions

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Title
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