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High ALAS2-2026-3840 6 CVEs

Important: freerdp security update (Amazon Linux 2)

Published Aug 3, 2026 · Updated Aug 4, 2026

Summary

Package updates are available for Amazon Linux 2 that fix the following vulnerabilities: CVE-2026-57158: planar_decompress_plane_rle_only: heap OOB read -- incomplete fix for CVE-2026-23530 The fix for CVE-2026-23530 (GHSA-r4hv-852m-fq7p) correctly adds dimension guards at the entry point of freerdp_bitmap_decompress_planar but is incomplete in scope. planar_decompress_plane_rle_only dereferences *srcp before validating that srcp is within SrcSize. A malicious server can reach this path via a truncated RLE planar payload in RDPGFX_CMDID_WIRETOSURFACE_1. CVE-2026-57157: Out-of-bounds read in the camera device enumerator server (rdpecam) via unterminated DeviceName / VirtualChannelName CVE-2026-55648: Integer Overflow in freerdp_image_copy_from_icon_data Bypasses Bounds Check CVE-2026-55564: Out-of-bounds read in glyph_cache_get via crafted glyph fragments A malicious RDP server can trigger an out-of-bounds heap read in a FreeRDP client through the glyph cache. glyph_cache_get() bounds-checks the index with > where it should use >= -- the sibling glyph_cache_put() already gets it right. Since the cache's entries array holds exactly number pointers, an index equal to number slips past the check and reads one slot past the end, which the caller then dereferences as a glyph. It's the read-side twin of CVE-2020-11098 (the write side was fixed back in 2.1.2; the read side never was), and it's still present in 3.25.0 and master. CVE-2026-55194: Heap-buffer-overflow write in TS Gateway RPC RESPONSE reassembly due to alloc_hint capacity mismatch In rpc_client_recv_fragment(), when reassembling a PTYPE_RESPONSE PDU, the client calls Stream_EnsureCapacity(pdu->s, response->alloc_hint) using only the server-declared alloc_hint. Stream_EnsureCapacity() returns success if the existing capacity is already >= alloc_hint, without considering the current write offset or the actual stub length about to be copied. A malicious gateway can set a small alloc_hint (e.g. 100) while sending a large fragment (frag_length = 6000, yielding StubLength [?] 5968). The 4096-byte reassembly buffer is not grown, and Stream_Write(pdu->s, ..., StubLength) copies attacker-controlled stub data past the end of the heap allocation. On default builds this may abort via WINPR_ASSERT; on Release builds (NDEBUG) the assert is elided and the overflow becomes an exploitable heap write. This is distinct from the separate ReceiveFragment / bind_ack max_xmit_frag issue (different buffer and code path in the same gateway module). CVE-2026-55193: Heap-buffer-overflow write in TS Gateway RPC fragment receive due to uncapped bind_ack max_xmit_frag On TS Gateway connections, rpc->max_recv_frag is initialized to 0x0FF8 (4088) and ReceiveFragment is allocated to that size. In rpc_bind.c, the client assigns rpc->max_recv_frag = header.bind_ack.max_xmit_frag from the server without an upper bound. A malicious gateway can set max_xmit_frag = 0xFFFF while ReceiveFragment is never resized. Later, rpc_client.c rejects fragments with if (header.frag_length > rpc->max_recv_frag). When both values are 65535, the check passes (65535 > 65535 is false). The receive loop then calls rpc_channel_read() - BIO_read() into the fixed 4088-byte ReceiveFragment, writing up to 65535 bytes and overflowing by up to 61447 attacker-controlled bytes.

Fixed packages 6

ReleasePackageFixed in
Amazon Linux · 2 freerdp 2:2.11.7-1.amzn2.0.13
Amazon Linux · 2 freerdp-debuginfo 2:2.11.7-1.amzn2.0.13
Amazon Linux · 2 freerdp-devel 2:2.11.7-1.amzn2.0.13
Amazon Linux · 2 freerdp-libs 2:2.11.7-1.amzn2.0.13
Amazon Linux · 2 libwinpr 2:2.11.7-1.amzn2.0.13
Amazon Linux · 2 libwinpr-devel 2:2.11.7-1.amzn2.0.13

Vulnerabilities 6

  • High 8.7

    FreeRDP: Heap-buffer-overflow write in TS Gateway RPC fragment receive due to uncapped bind_ack max_xmit_frag

    FreeRDP is a free implementation of the Remote Desktop Protocol. Prior to 3.27.0, FreeRDP clients using TS Gateway accept a server-controlled max_xmit_frag value in libfreerdp/core/gateway/rpc_bind.c without bounding it to the 4088-byte ReceiveFragment alloca…

  • High 8.7

    FreeRDPHeap-buffer-overflow write in TS Gateway RPC RESPONSE reassembly due to alloc_hint capacity mismatch

    FreeRDP is a free implementation of the Remote Desktop Protocol. Prior to 3.27.0, rpc_client_recv_fragment in libfreerdp/core/gateway/rpc_client.c ensures the response reassembly stream capacity using only the server-declared alloc_hint rather than the actual…

  • Medium 6.5

    Out-of-bounds read in the camera device enumerator server (rdpecam) via unterminated DeviceName / VirtualChannelName

    FreeRDP is a free implementation of the Remote Desktop Protocol. Prior to 3.28.0, FreeRDP server implementations with the MS-RDPECAM camera device enumerator channel enabled scan attacker-supplied DeviceName and VirtualChannelName fields for a NUL terminator …

  • Medium 6.1

    FreeRDP: Integer Overflow in `freerdp_image_copy_from_icon_data` Bypasses Bounds Check

    FreeRDP is a free implementation of the Remote Desktop Protocol. Prior to 3.27.0, freerdp_image_copy_from_icon_data in libfreerdp/codec/color.c calculates nWidth multiplied by nHeight multiplied by FreeRDPGetBytesPerPixel(format) in 32-bit arithmetic. A malic…

  • Medium 5.4

    FreeRDP: Out-of-bounds read in glyph_cache_get via crafted glyph fragments

    FreeRDP is a free implementation of the Remote Desktop Protocol. Prior to 3.27.0, the glyph_cache_get function in libfreerdp/cache/glyph.c checks whether index is greater than cache->number instead of greater than or equal to it. A malicious RDP server can us…

  • Medium 5.1

    FreeRDP planar_decompress_plane_rle_only: heap OOB read — incomplete fix for CVE-2026-23530

    FreeRDP is a free implementation of the Remote Desktop Protocol. From 3.21.0 before 3.28.0, FreeRDP clients using the GFX pipeline contain an incomplete fix for CVE-2026-23530 in planar_decompress_plane_rle_only in libfreerdp/codec/planar.c, allowing a malici…

References

  • web
    https://alas.aws.amazon.com/cve/html/CVE-2026-55193.html
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    https://alas.aws.amazon.com/cve/html/CVE-2026-55194.html
  • web
    https://alas.aws.amazon.com/cve/html/CVE-2026-55564.html
  • web
    https://alas.aws.amazon.com/cve/html/CVE-2026-55648.html
  • web
    https://alas.aws.amazon.com/cve/html/CVE-2026-57157.html
  • web
    https://alas.aws.amazon.com/cve/html/CVE-2026-57158.html