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Freerdp CVE-2026-22852

CRITICAL
Out-of-bounds Write (CWE-787)
2026-01-14 security-advisories@github.com
Memory Corruption Denial Of Service Freerdp Red Hat Suse
Critical
Disputed · 9.8 NVD
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Severity by source

Sources disagree (Medium–Critical)
GitHub Advisory PRIMARY
9.8 CRITICAL
AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
SUSE
CRITICAL
qualitative
Red Hat
5.6 MEDIUM
qualitative

vuln.today treats the vendor’s rating as authoritative. A higher third-party CVSS (e.g. CISA-ADP) is shown for transparency but does not drive the headline severity.

CVSS VectorGitHub Advisory

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Attack Vector
Network
Attack Complexity
Low
Privileges Required
None
User Interaction
None
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High

Lifecycle Timeline

4
Patch released
Apr 09, 2026 - 20:30 nvd
Patch available
Analysis Generated
Mar 12, 2026 - 21:54 vuln.today
PoC Detected
Jan 20, 2026 - 18:40 vuln.today
Public exploit code
CVE Published
Jan 14, 2026 - 18:16 nvd
CRITICAL 9.8

DescriptionGitHub Advisory

FreeRDP is a free implementation of the Remote Desktop Protocol. Prior to 3.20.1, a malicious RDP server can trigger a heap-buffer-overflow write in the FreeRDP client when processing Audio Input (AUDIN) format lists. audin_process_formats reuses callback->formats_count across multiple MSG_SNDIN_FORMATS PDUs and writes past the newly allocated formats array, causing memory corruption and a crash. This vulnerability is fixed in 3.20.1.

AnalysisAI

FreeRDP client before 3.20.1 has a heap buffer overflow in AUDIN format processing. A malicious RDP server can corrupt memory and crash the client. PoC available.

Technical ContextAI

audin_process_formats reuses a count across multiple PDUs and writes past the allocated buffer (CWE-787). A malicious RDP server sends multiple format lists to trigger the overflow.

RemediationAI

Update FreeRDP to 3.20.1.

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Vendor StatusVendor

SUSE

Severity: Critical
Product Status
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