FreeRDP before 3.29.0 contains a null pointer dereference vulnerability in smartcard device control request cleanup when reader-state decoding fails. Attackers can send malformed smartcard IRP requests with non-zero cReaders and truncated reader-state data to crash the process via null pointer access in free_reader_states functions.
https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/freerdp-before-null-dereference-via-smartcard-cleanup
https://github.com/FreeRDP/FreeRDP/security/advisories/GHSA-78jj-45vh-jpm5
https://github.com/FreeRDP/FreeRDP/commit/1cc783d4c78bd2f66d3a8582dfe70a663d141444
Published: 2026-08-01
Updated: 2026-08-01
Base Score: 7.8
Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C
Severity: High
Base Score: 7.5
Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Severity: High
Base Score: 8.7
Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
Severity: High