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CVE-2026-24677

FreeRDP has a heap-buffer-overflow in ecam_encoder_compress_h264

8.7 HighFix available

FreeRDP is a free implementation of the Remote Desktop Protocol. Prior to 3.22.0, ecam_encoder_compress_h264 trusts server-controlled dimensions and does not validate the source buffer size, leading to an out-of-bounds read in sws_scale. This vulnerability is fixed in 3.22.0.

Attack profile

How easy it is to exploit

Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges needed
None
User interaction
None

What an attacker can affect

Confidentiality
None
Integrity
None
Availability
High

Exploit likelihood

0.55%Up 0.5 points since Feb 10, 2026
90%50%10%1%

What each source reports

CVE List Score used 8.7

FreeRDP has a heap-buffer-overflow in ecam_encoder_compress_h264

FreeRDP is a free implementation of the Remote Desktop Protocol. Prior to 3.22.0, ecam_encoder_compress_h264 trusts server-controlled dimensions and does not validate the source buffer size, leading to an out-of-bounds read in sws_scale. This vulnerability is fixed in 3.22.0.

Record
CVE-2026-24677
CVSS 4.0
8.7 HighCVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
Weakness
CWE-416
Updated
2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2026-6483 8.7

FreeRDP is a free implementation of the Remote Desktop Protocol. Prior to 3.22.0, ecam_encoder_compress_h264 trusts server-controlled dimensions and does not validate the source buffer size, leading to an out-of-bounds read in sws_scale. This vulnerability is fixed in 3.22.0.

Record
EUVD-2026-6483
CVSS 4.0
8.7 HighCVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
Updated
2026-11-02
NVD 8.7

FreeRDP is a free implementation of the Remote Desktop Protocol. Prior to 3.22.0, ecam_encoder_compress_h264 trusts server-controlled dimensions and does not validate the source buffer size, leading to an out-of-bounds read in sws_scale. This vulnerability is fixed in 3.22.0.

Record
CVE-2026-24677
CVSS 4.0
8.7 HighCVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:X
CVSS 3.1
9.1 CriticalCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:H
Weakness
CWE-416
Updated
2026-11-02
OSVALPINE-CVE-2026-24677 9.1

FreeRDP is a free implementation of the Remote Desktop Protocol. Prior to 3.22.0, ecam_encoder_compress_h264 trusts server-controlled dimensions and does not validate the source buffer size, leading to an out-of-bounds read in sws_scale. This vulnerability is fixed in 3.22.0.

Record
ALPINE-CVE-2026-24677
CVSS 3.1
9.1 CriticalCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:H
Updated
2026-11-03
OSV 8.7

FreeRDP has a heap-buffer-overflow in ecam_encoder_compress_h264

FreeRDP is a free implementation of the Remote Desktop Protocol. Prior to 3.22.0, ecam_encoder_compress_h264 trusts server-controlled dimensions and does not validate the source buffer size, leading to an out-of-bounds read in sws_scale. This vulnerability is fixed in 3.22.0.

Record
CVE-2026-24677
CVSS 4.0
8.7 HighCVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
Weakness
CWE-416
Updated
2026-11-02
OSVDEBIAN-CVE-2026-24677 9.1

FreeRDP is a free implementation of the Remote Desktop Protocol. Prior to 3.22.0, ecam_encoder_compress_h264 trusts server-controlled dimensions and does not validate the source buffer size, leading to an out-of-bounds read in sws_scale. This vulnerability is fixed in 3.22.0.

Record
DEBIAN-CVE-2026-24677
CVSS 3.1
9.1 CriticalCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:H
Updated
2026-11-02
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OSVUBUNTU-CVE-2026-24677 8.7

FreeRDP is a free implementation of the Remote Desktop Protocol. Prior to 3.22.0, ecam_encoder_compress_h264 trusts server-controlled dimensions and does not validate the source buffer size, leading to an out-of-bounds read in sws_scale. This vulnerability is fixed in 3.22.0.

Record
UBUNTU-CVE-2026-24677
CVSS 4.0
8.7 HighCVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
CVSS 3.1
9.1 CriticalCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:H
Updated
2026-11-02
OSVMGASA-2026-0046 No score

Updated freerdp packages fix security vulnerabilities

FreeRDP has heap-buffer-overflow in planar_decompress_plane_rle. (CVE-2026-23530) FreeRDP has heap-buffer-overflow in clear_decompress. (CVE-2026-23531) FreeRDP has heap-buffer-overflow in gdi_SurfaceToSurface. (CVE-2026-23532) FreeRDP has heap-buffer-overflow in clear_decompress_residual_data. (CVE-2026-23533) FreeRDP has heap-buffer-overflow in clear_decompress_bands_data. (CVE-2026-23534) FreeRDP has a NULL Pointer Dereference in rdp_write_logon_info_v2(). (CVE-2026-23948) FreeRDP has a heap-use-after-free in video_timer. (CVE-2026-24491) FreeRDP has a Heap-use-after-free in urb_select_interface. (CVE-2026-24675) FreeRDP has a heap-use-after-free in audio_format_compatible. (CVE-2026-24676) FreeRDP has a heap-buffer-overflow in ecam_encoder_compress_h264. (CVE-2026-24677) FreeRDP has a Heap-use-after-free in cam_v4l_stream_capture_thread. (CVE-2026-24678) FreeRDP has a heap-buffer-overflow in urb_select_interface. (CVE-2026-24679) FreeRDP has a heap-use-after-free in update_pointer_new(SDL). (CVE-2026-24680) FreeRDP has a heap-use-after-free in urb_bulk_transfer_cb. (CVE-2026-24681) FreeRDP has a Heap-buffer-overflow in audio_formats_free. (CVE-2026-24682) FreeRDP has a heap-use-after-free in ainput_send_input_event. (CVE-2026-24683) FreeRDP has a Heap-use-after-free in play_thread. (CVE-2026-24684)

Record
MGASA-2026-0046
Updated
2026-11-02
OSVopenSUSE-SU-2026:10132-1 No score

freerdp-3.22.0-1.1 on GA media

These are all security issues fixed in the freerdp-3.22.0-1.1 package on the GA media of openSUSE Tumbleweed.

Record
openSUSE-SU-2026:10132-1
Updated
2026-11-02
OSVopenSUSE-SU-2026:20339-1 No score

Security update for freerdp

This update for freerdp fixes the following issues:

Update to version 3.22.0 (jsc#PED-15526):

  • Major bugfix release:

    • Complete overhaul of SDL client
    • Introduction of new WINPR_ATTR_NODISCARD macro wrapping compiler or C language version specific [[nodiscard]] attributes
    • Addition of WINPR_ATTR_NODISCARD to (some) public API functions so usage errors are producing warnings now
    • Add some more stringify functions for logging
    • We've received CVE reports, check https://github.com/FreeRDP/FreeRDP/security/advisories for more details! @Keryer reported an issue affecting client and proxy:
      • CVE-2026-23948 @ehdgks0627 did some more fuzzying and found quite a number of client side bugs.
      • CVE-2026-24682
      • CVE-2026-24683
      • CVE-2026-24676
      • CVE-2026-24677
      • CVE-2026-24678
      • CVE-2026-24684
      • CVE-2026-24679
      • CVE-2026-24681
      • CVE-2026-24675
      • CVE-2026-24491
      • CVE-2026-24680
  • Changes from version 3.21.0

    • [core,info] fix missing NULL check (#12157)
    • [gateway,tsg] fix TSG_PACKET_RESPONSE parsing (#12161)
    • Allow querying auth identity with kerberos when running as a server (#12162)
    • Sspi krb heimdal (#12163)
    • Tsg fix idleTimeout parsing (#12167)
    • [channels,smartcard] revert 649f7de (#12166)
    • [crypto] deprecate er and der modules (#12170)
    • [channels,rdpei] lock full update, not only parts (#12175)
    • [winpr,platform] add WINPR_ATTR_NODISCARD macro (#12178)
    • Wlog cleanup (#12179)
    • new stringify functions & touch API defines (#12180)
    • Add support for querying SECPKG_ATTR_PACKAGE_INFO to NTLM and Kerberos (#12171)
    • [channels,video] measure times in ns (#12184)
    • [utils] Nodiscard (#12187)
    • Error handling fixes (#12186)
    • [channels,drdynvc] check pointer before reset (#12189)
    • Winpr api def (#12190)
    • [winpr,platform] drop C23 [[nodiscard]] (#12192)
    • [gdi] add additional checks for a valid rdpGdi (#12194)
    • Sdl3 high dpiv2 (#12173)
    • peer: Disconnect if Logon() returned FALSE (#12196)
    • [channels,rdpecam] fix PROPERTY_DESCRIPTION parsing (#12197)
    • [channel,rdpsnd] only clean up thread before free (#12199)
    • [channels,rdpei] add RDPINPUT_CONTACT_FLAG_UP (#12195)
  • Update to version 3.21.0:

    • Bugfix release with a few new API functions addressing shortcomings with regard to input data validation. Thanks to @ehdgks0627 we have fixed the following additional (medium) client side vulnerabilities:

      • CVE-2026-23530
      • CVE-2026-23531
      • CVE-2026-23532
      • CVE-2026-23533
      • CVE-2026-23534
      • CVE-2026-23732
      • CVE-2026-23883
      • CVE-2026-23884
  • Changes from version 3.20.2

    • [client,sdl] fix monitor resolution (#12142)
    • [codec,progressive] fix progressive_rfx_upgrade_block (#12143)
    • Krb cache fix (#12145)
    • Rdpdr improved checks (#12141)
    • Codec advanced length checks (#12146)
    • Glyph fix length checks (#12151)
    • Wlog printf format string checks (#12150)
    • [warnings,format] fix format string warnings (#12152)
    • Double free fixes (#12153)
    • [clang-tidy] clean up code warnings (#12154)
  • Update to version 3.20.2:

    • Patch release fixing a regression with gateway connections introduced with 3.20.1

      What's Changed

      • Warnings and missing enumeration types (#12137)
  • Changes from version 3.20.1:

    • New years cleanup release. Fixes some issues reported and does a cleaning sweep to bring down warnings. Thanks to @ehdgks0627 doing some code review/testing we've uncovered the following (medium) vulnerabilities:

      • CVE-2026-22851
      • CVE-2026-22852
      • CVE-2026-22853
      • CVE-2026-22854
      • CVE-2026-22855
      • CVE-2026-22856
      • CVE-2026-22857
      • CVE-2026-22858
      • CVE-2026-22859
    • These affect FreeRDP based clients only, with the exception of CVE-2026-22858 also affecting FreeRDP proxy. FreeRDP based servers are not affected.

  • Update to version 3.20.0:

    *…

Record
openSUSE-SU-2026:20339-1
Updated
2026-11-02
OSVSUSE-SU-2026:0763-1 No score

Security update for freerdp

This update for freerdp fixes the following issues:

  • CVE-2026-24491: heap-use-after-free in video_timer (bsc#1257981).
  • CVE-2026-24675: heap-use-after-free in urb_select_interface (bsc#1257982).
  • CVE-2026-24676: heap-use-after-free in audio_format_compatible (bsc#1257983).
  • CVE-2026-24677: heap-buffer-overflow in ecam_encoder_compress_h264 (bsc#1257984).
  • CVE-2026-24678: heap-use-after-free in cam_v4l_stream_capture_thread (bsc#1257985).
  • CVE-2026-24679: heap-buffer-overflow in urb_select_interface (bsc#1257986).
  • CVE-2026-24680: heap-use-after-free in update_pointer_new(SDL) (bsc#1257987).
  • CVE-2026-24681: heap-use-after-free in urb_bulk_transfer_cb (bsc#1257988).
  • CVE-2026-24682: heap-buffer-overflow in audio_formats_free (bsc#1257989).
  • CVE-2026-24683: heap-use-after-free in ainput_send_input_event (bsc#1257990).
  • CVE-2026-24684: heap-use-after-free in play_thread (bsc#1257991).
Record
SUSE-SU-2026:0763-1
Updated
2026-11-02
OSVUSN-8042-1 No score

freerdp2, freerdp3 vulnerabilities

It was discovered that FreeRDP incorrectly handled memory under certain circumstances, which could lead to a NULL pointer dereference. An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a denial of service. (CVE-2026-23948)

It was discovered that FreeRDP did not correctly validate the size of certain variables, which could cause a buffer overflow. An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a denial of service or execute arbitrary code. This issue only affected FreeRDP3 in Ubuntu 24.04 LTS and Ubuntu 25.10. (CVE-2026-24491)

It was discovered that FreeRDP did not correctly validate the size of certain variables, which could cause a buffer overflow. An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a denial of service or execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2026-24675, CVE-2026-24679, CVE-2026-24682)

It was discovered that FreeRDP had a use after free vulnerability under certain circumstances. An attacker could use this to cause a denial of service or possibly execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2026-24676, CVE-2026-24681)

It was discovered that FreeRDP did not correctly validate the size of certain variables, which could cause a buffer overflow. An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a denial of service or execute arbitrary code. This issue only affected Ubuntu 25.10. (CVE-2026-24677)

It was discovered that FreeRDP had a use after free vulnerability under certain circumstances. An attacker could use this to cause a denial of service or possibly execute arbitrary code. This issue only affected Ubuntu 25.10. (CVE-2026-24678)

It was discovered that FreeRDP had a use after free vulnerability under certain circumstances. An attacker could use this to cause a denial of service or possibly execute arbitrary code. This issue only affected FreeRDP3 in Ubuntu 24.04 LTS and Ubuntu 25.10. (CVE-2026-24680)

It was discovered that FreeRDP had a use after free vulnerability under certain circumstances. An attacker could use this to cause a denial of service or possibly execute arbitrary code. This issue only affected Ubuntu 20.04 LTS, Ubuntu 22.04 LTS, Ubuntu 24.04 LTS and Ubuntu 25.10. (CVE-2026-24683, CVE-2026-24684)

Record
USN-8042-1
Updated
2026-11-02

Affected products

Affected packages

Affected packages
PackageAffectedFixed
freerdp
Alpine:v3.23
before 3.22.0-r0
3.22.0-r0
freerdp
Alpine:v3.24
before 3.22.0-r0
3.22.0-r0
freerdp2
Debian:12
All versions, plus listed versions
2.10.0+dfsg1-12.10.0+dfsg1-1.12.11.2+dfsg1-12.11.2+dfsg1-1.1~exp12.11.2+dfsg1-1.1~exp2
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2.11.5+dfsg1-12.11.7+dfsg1-12.11.7+dfsg1-22.11.7+dfsg1-32.11.7+dfsg1-42.11.7+dfsg1-52.11.7+dfsg1-62.11.7+dfsg1-6~deb12u1
None known
freerdp3
Debian:13
before 3.15.0+dfsg-2.1+deb13u1, plus listed versions
3.15.0+dfsg-2.1
3.15.0+dfsg-2.1+deb13u1
freerdp3
Debian:14
before 3.22.0+dfsg-1, plus listed versions
3.15.0+dfsg-2.13.16.0+dfsg-13.16.0+dfsg-23.17.0+dfsg-13.17.1+dfsg-1
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3.17.1+dfsg-23.17.2+dfsg-13.17.2+dfsg-23.17.2+dfsg-33.18.0+dfsg-13.19.0+dfsg-13.19.1+dfsg-13.20.0+dfsg-13.20.2+dfsg-13.21.0+dfsg-13.22.0+dfsg-1~bpo13+03.22.0+dfsg-1~bpo13+1
3.22.0+dfsg-1
freerdp
Mageia:9
From an advisory covering 17 CVEs
before 2.11.7-1.2.mga9
2.11.7-1.2.mga9
freerdp
SUSE:Linux Enterprise Module for Package Hub 15 SP7
From an advisory covering 11 CVEs
before 3.10.3-150700.3.6.1
3.10.3-150700.3.6.1
freerdp
SUSE:Linux Enterprise Workstation Extension 15 SP7
From an advisory covering 11 CVEs
before 3.10.3-150700.3.6.1
3.10.3-150700.3.6.1
freerdp3
Ubuntu:25.10
before 3.16.0+dfsg-2ubuntu0.1, plus listed versions
3.14.0+dfsg-1ubuntu13.15.0+dfsg-2.13.16.0+dfsg-1ubuntu13.16.0+dfsg-2
3.16.0+dfsg-2ubuntu0.1
freerdp2
Ubuntu:Pro:18.04:LTS
From an advisory covering 12 CVEs
before 2.2.0+dfsg1-0ubuntu0.18.04.4+esm5, plus listed versions
2.0.0~git20170725.1.1648deb+dfsg1-12.0.0~git20170725.1.1648deb+dfsg1-52.0.0~git20170725.1.1648deb+dfsg1-5ubuntu12.0.0~git20170725.1.1648deb+dfsg1-5ubuntu22.0.0~git20170725.1.1648deb+dfsg1-6
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2.0.0~git20170725.1.1648deb+dfsg1-6build12.0.0~git20170725.1.1648deb+dfsg1-72.0.0~git20170725.1.1648deb+dfsg1-7ubuntu0.12.1.1+dfsg1-0ubuntu0.18.04.12.2.0+dfsg1-0ubuntu0.18.04.12.2.0+dfsg1-0ubuntu0.18.04.22.2.0+dfsg1-0ubuntu0.18.04.32.2.0+dfsg1-0ubuntu0.18.04.42.2.0+dfsg1-0ubuntu0.18.04.4+esm12.2.0+dfsg1-0ubuntu0.18.04.4+esm22.2.0+dfsg1-0ubuntu0.18.04.4+esm32.2.0+dfsg1-0ubuntu0.18.04.4+esm4
2.2.0+dfsg1-0ubuntu0.18.04.4+esm5
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Affected packages
PackageAffectedFixed
freerdp2
Ubuntu:Pro:20.04:LTS
From an advisory covering 12 CVEs
before 2.6.1+dfsg1-0ubuntu0.20.04.2+esm3, plus listed versions
2.0.0~git20190204.1.2693389a+dfsg1-12.0.0~git20190204.1.2693389a+dfsg1-22.0.0~git20190204.1.2693389a+dfsg1-2build12.0.0~git20190204.1.2693389a+dfsg1-2build22.1.1+dfsg1-0ubuntu0.20.04.1
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2.2.0+dfsg1-0ubuntu0.20.04.12.2.0+dfsg1-0ubuntu0.20.04.22.2.0+dfsg1-0ubuntu0.20.04.32.2.0+dfsg1-0ubuntu0.20.04.42.2.0+dfsg1-0ubuntu0.20.04.52.2.0+dfsg1-0ubuntu0.20.04.62.6.1+dfsg1-0ubuntu0.20.04.12.6.1+dfsg1-0ubuntu0.20.04.22.6.1+dfsg1-0ubuntu0.20.04.2+esm12.6.1+dfsg1-0ubuntu0.20.04.2+esm2
2.6.1+dfsg1-0ubuntu0.20.04.2+esm3
freerdp2
Ubuntu:22.04:LTS
From an advisory covering 12 CVEs
before 2.6.1+dfsg1-3ubuntu2.10, plus listed versions
2.3.0+dfsg1-2build12.3.0+dfsg1-2ubuntu12.3.0+dfsg1-2ubuntu22.4.1+dfsg1-12.4.1+dfsg1-1ubuntu1
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2.4.1+dfsg1-1ubuntu22.5.0+dfsg1-12.6.0+dfsg1-12.6.1+dfsg1-12.6.1+dfsg1-32.6.1+dfsg1-3ubuntu12.6.1+dfsg1-3ubuntu22.6.1+dfsg1-3ubuntu2.12.6.1+dfsg1-3ubuntu2.22.6.1+dfsg1-3ubuntu2.32.6.1+dfsg1-3ubuntu2.42.6.1+dfsg1-3ubuntu2.52.6.1+dfsg1-3ubuntu2.62.6.1+dfsg1-3ubuntu2.72.6.1+dfsg1-3ubuntu2.82.6.1+dfsg1-3ubuntu2.9
2.6.1+dfsg1-3ubuntu2.10
freerdp3
Ubuntu:24.04:LTS
From an advisory covering 12 CVEs
before 3.5.1+dfsg1-0ubuntu1.2, plus listed versions
3.4.0+dfsg1-0ubuntu23.4.0+dfsg1-0ubuntu33.4.0+dfsg1-0ubuntu43.5.0+dfsg1-0ubuntu13.5.1+dfsg1-0ubuntu13.5.1+dfsg1-0ubuntu1.1
3.5.1+dfsg1-0ubuntu1.2
freerdp2
Ubuntu:Pro:24.04:LTS
From an advisory covering 12 CVEs
before 2.11.5+dfsg1-1ubuntu0.1~esm5, plus listed versions
2.10.0+dfsg1-1.1ubuntu12.11.2+dfsg1-12.11.2+dfsg1-1build12.11.2+dfsg1-1build32.11.5+dfsg1-1build1
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2.11.5+dfsg1-1build22.11.5+dfsg1-1ubuntu0.1~esm12.11.5+dfsg1-1ubuntu0.1~esm22.11.5+dfsg1-1ubuntu0.1~esm32.11.5+dfsg1-1ubuntu0.1~esm4
2.11.5+dfsg1-1ubuntu0.1~esm5
freerdp3
Ubuntu:25.10
From an advisory covering 12 CVEs
before 3.16.0+dfsg-2ubuntu0.1, plus listed versions
3.14.0+dfsg-1ubuntu13.15.0+dfsg-2.13.16.0+dfsg-1ubuntu13.16.0+dfsg-2
3.16.0+dfsg-2ubuntu0.1
freerdp
openSUSE:Tumbleweed
From an advisory covering 12 CVEs
before 3.22.0-1.1
3.22.0-1.1
freerdp
openSUSE:Leap 16.0
From an advisory covering 44 CVEs
before 3.22.0-160000.1.1
3.22.0-160000.1.1

History

History
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affected, facts
affected, aliases, referencesOSV
first indexedCVE List, EUVD, NVD, OSV

Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.

In short

CVE-2026-24677 is a high vulnerability (CVSS 8.7) in Freerdp, published February 3, 2026. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 0.55%, the 46th percentile. Fixed in freerdp 3.22.0-r0.

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