Out-of-bounds Write Affecting freerdp/freerdp package, versions [,3.24.0)


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.04% (12th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UNMANAGED-FREERDPFREERDP-15602528
  • published15 Mar 2026
  • disclosed13 Mar 2026
  • creditKim Dong Han

Introduced: 13 Mar 2026

NewCVE-2026-29774  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-787  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade freerdp/freerdp to version 3.24.0 or higher.

Overview

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Out-of-bounds Write in the avc420_yuv_to_rgb process due to missing horizontal bounds validation of H.264 metablock regionRects coordinates. An attacker can cause a crash and heap corruption, potentially enabling arbitrary write to adjacent heap objects and code execution, by sending specially crafted data from a malicious server.

CVSS Base Scores

version 4.0
version 3.1