vulnerability
Ubuntu: USN-8042-1 (CVE-2026-24680): FreeRDP vulnerabilities
| Severity | CVSS | Published | Added | Modified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 | (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C) | Feb 9, 2026 | Feb 17, 2026 | Apr 16, 2026 |
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
ubuntu-pro-upgrade-freerdp2-x11ubuntu-pro-upgrade-libfreerdp2-2ubuntu-pro-upgrade-libfreerdp2-2t64ubuntu-upgrade-freerdp2-x11ubuntu-upgrade-freerdp3-x11ubuntu-upgrade-libfreerdp2-2ubuntu-upgrade-libfreerdp3-3
References
- CVE-2026-24680
- https://attackerkb.com/topics/CVE-2026-24680
- CWE-416
- EUVD-EUVD-2026-6489
- UBUNTU-USN-8042-1
- https://euvd.enisa.europa.eu/vulnerability/EUVD-2026-6489
- https://github.com/FreeRDP/FreeRDP/commit/c42ecbd183b001e76bfc3614cddfad0034acc758
- https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-8042-1
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-24680
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