CVE-2026-63633

high

Description

FreeRDP is a free implementation of the Remote Desktop Protocol. Prior to 3.28.0, freerdp_dsp_decode_opus in libfreerdp/codec/dsp.c calls Stream_EnsureRemainingCapacity on context->common.buffer even though opus_decode writes decoded PCM into the caller-supplied out stream. A malicious RDP server that negotiates WAVE_FORMAT_OPUS with a client built with WITH_OPUS enabled and WITH_DSP_FFMPEG disabled can make libopus write a large decoded frame beyond the 4096-byte StreamPool_Take destination used by channels/rdpsnd/client/rdpsnd_main.c. This can corrupt the client heap, crash the client, and may permit code execution. This issue is fixed in version 3.28.0.

References

https://github.com/FreeRDP/FreeRDP/security/advisories/GHSA-72j9-356v-88xq

https://github.com/FreeRDP/FreeRDP/releases/tag/3.28.0

https://github.com/FreeRDP/FreeRDP/pull/12993

https://github.com/FreeRDP/FreeRDP/commit/0ed1f95d36913581cf31124f94eb5843d4263eae

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2026-08-19

Updated: 2026-08-21

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: 7.7

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

Severity: High

EPSS

EPSS: 0.00465