CVE-2026-64620
criticalpriority · track · 36EPSS 0.009 · 60 %ileDEEURUUSEPSS · scored 2026-10-27
FreeRDP before 3.28.0 (affected <=3.27.1) contains a heap-based buffer overflow in crypto_rsa_common() (libfreerdp/crypto/crypto.c). The function writes the modular-exponentiation result into the caller's output buffer via BN_bn2bin() and only afterward checks output_length > out_length, so out-of-bounds bytes are written before the bounds check. On the server side, when a client selects RDP Standard Security, the encrypted client random is decrypted into a fixed 32-byte buffer. Because the server publishes its RSA public key, an unauthenticated attacker can forge a ciphertext whose decrypted value is up to the full modulus length (e.g. 256 bytes for RSA-2048), overflowing the 32-byte heap buffer by up to ~224 attacker-controlled bytes pre-authentication, resulting in denial of service.
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base score 0–10 · higher = more severe · hover a vector to decode⚠ sources disagree · high–critical · 8.1–9.8
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affected products (14)
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advisories (1)
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- WID-SEC-W-2026-2209FreeRDP: Mehrere SchwachstellenDeutsch2026-07-05csaf · cert_bundDE
Ein Angreifer kann mehrere Schwachstellen in FreeRDP ausnutzen, um beliebigen Programmcode auszuführen, um einen Denial of Service Angriff durchzuführen, und um Informationen offenzulegen.
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references (10)
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- https://github.com/FreeRDP/FreeRDP/commit/1f7a716d39b5605bb8a83b0c3c97a6ce386609efcnnvd
- https://github.com/FreeRDP/FreeRDP/releasesPatchcnnvd
- https://github.com/FreeRDP/FreeRDP/security/advisories/GHSA-pjqx-v446-x7fccnnvd
- https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/freerdp-before-heap-buffer-overflow-via-crypto-rsa-commoncnnvd
- https://github.com/FreeRDP/FreeRDP/commit/1f7a716d39b5605bb8a83b0c3c97a6ce386609efenisa_euvd
- https://github.com/FreeRDP/FreeRDP/security/advisories/GHSA-pjqx-v446-x7fcenisa_euvd
- https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/freerdp-before-heap-buffer-overflow-via-crypto-rsa-commonenisa_euvd
- https://github.com/FreeRDP/FreeRDP/commit/1f7a716d39b5605bb8a83b0c3c97a6ce386609efPatchnvd
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