Out-of-bounds Write Affecting freerdp/freerdp package, versions [,3.26.0)


Severity

Recommended
0.0
high
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.46% (37th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UNMANAGED-FREERDPFREERDP-17660854
  • published28 Jun 2026
  • disclosed29 May 2026
  • creditUnknown

Introduced: 29 May 2026

CVE-2026-45700  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-787  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade freerdp/freerdp to version 3.26.0 or higher.

Overview

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Out-of-bounds Write in the freerdp_bitmap_decompress_planar process. An attacker can achieve arbitrary code execution or cause a denial of service by enticing a user to connect to a malicious RDP server that sends specially crafted RLE planar data.

Workaround

This vulnerability can be mitigated by restricting connections to trusted remote desktop servers and avoiding connections to untrusted RDP endpoints.

CVSS Base Scores

version 4.0
version 3.1