Double Free Affecting freerdp/freerdp package, versions [,3.28.0)


Severity

Recommended
0.0
critical
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.3% (23rd percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UNMANAGED-FREERDPFREERDP-19352812
  • published27 Aug 2026
  • disclosed20 Jul 2026
  • creditUnknown

Introduced: 20 Jul 2026

CVE-2026-64621  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-415  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade freerdp/freerdp to version 3.28.0 or higher.

Overview

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Double Free in the freerdp_client_rdp_file_apply_to_settings process when parsing the selectedmonitors field of a .rdp connection file. An attacker can cause memory corruption and potentially execute arbitrary code or crash the application by convincing a user to open a crafted .rdp file with oversized monitor tokens.

CVSS Base Scores

version 4.0
version 3.1