Heap-based Buffer Overflow Affecting freerdp/freerdp package, versions [,3.20.1)


Severity

Recommended
0.0
high
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

Exploit Maturity
Proof of Concept
EPSS
0.08% (25th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UNMANAGED-FREERDPFREERDP-14947228
  • published16 Jan 2026
  • disclosed14 Jan 2026
  • creditKim Dong Han

Introduced: 14 Jan 2026

CVE-2026-22854  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-122  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade freerdp/freerdp to version 3.20.1 or higher.

Overview

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Heap-based Buffer Overflow via the drive_process_irp_read function when a server-controlled read length is used to read file data into an IRP output stream buffer without a hard upper bound. An attacker can overwrite heap memory.

CVSS Base Scores

version 4.0
version 3.1