Use After Free Affecting freerdp/freerdp package, versions [,3.23.0)


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

Exploit Maturity
Proof of Concept
EPSS
0.07% (21st percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UNMANAGED-FREERDPFREERDP-15363345
  • published27 Feb 2026
  • disclosed25 Feb 2026
  • creditKim Dong Han

Introduced: 25 Feb 2026

NewCVE-2026-25997  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-416  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade freerdp/freerdp to version 3.23.0 or higher.

Overview

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Use After Free in the xf_clipboard_format_equal() function. An attacker can cause the application to crash or become unresponsive by triggering a heap use-after-free condition during the auto-reconnect process.

CVSS Base Scores

version 4.0
version 3.1