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High RLSA-2026:38501 1 CVE

Important: freerdp security update

Published Jul 14, 2026 · Updated Jul 14, 2026

Ecosystem: Rocky Linux

Summary

FreeRDP is a free implementation of the Remote Desktop Protocol (RDP), released under the Apache license. The xfreerdp client can connect to RDP servers such as Microsoft Windows machines, xrdp, and VirtualBox.

Security Fix(es):

* freerdp: FreeRDP: Out-of-bounds write in planar bitmap decoder allows arbitrary code execution (CVE-2026-45700)

For more details about the security issue(s), including the impact, a CVSS score, acknowledgments, and other related information, refer to the CVE page(s) listed in the References section.

Fixed packages 1

ReleasePackageFixed in
Rocky Linux · 8 freerdp 2:2.11.7-10.el8_10

Vulnerabilities 1

  • High 7.7
    CVE-2026-45700

    Heap-buffer-overflow write in planar bitmap decoder

    FreeRDP is a free implementation of the Remote Desktop Protocol. Prior to 3.26.0, FreeRDP's planar bitmap decoder has an out-of-bounds heap write when decoding RLE planar data. In libfreerdp/codec/planar.c, freerdp_bitmap_decompress_planar() validates the X d…

    FreeRDP FreeRDP freerdp2 freerdp2 Debian Ubuntu

References

  • report
    https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2483470