CVE-2026-55191

high

Description

FreeRDP is a free implementation of the Remote Desktop Protocol. Prior to 3.27.0, FreeRDP clients that negotiate RDPGFX AVC444 with an H.264 decoder backend calculate the intermediate YUV444 allocation size in libfreerdp/codec/h264.c with 32-bit multiplication in avc444_ensure_buffer. A malicious RDP server can supply surface dimensions for which piDstStride multiplied by padDstHeight wraps to a small nonzero value, causing winpr_aligned_recalloc to allocate an undersized buffer before YUV420CombineToYUV444 writes using the actual stride and rectangle dimensions. This can cause a client crash and may permit code execution through attacker-influenced heap corruption. This issue is fixed in version 3.27.0.

References

https://github.com/FreeRDP/FreeRDP/security/advisories/GHSA-vx73-w5q6-7jqr

https://github.com/FreeRDP/FreeRDP/releases/tag/3.27.0

https://github.com/FreeRDP/FreeRDP/pull/12873

https://github.com/FreeRDP/FreeRDP/commit/97f40b9e766af375f4e41ac6a3f4397d708d249c

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2026-08-19

Updated: 2026-08-19

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 9

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:P

Severity: High

CVSS v3

Base Score: 9.8

Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Severity: Critical

CVSS v4

Base Score: 8.7

Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:P/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N

Severity: High

EPSS

EPSS: 0.00626