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High RLSA-2026:8945 2 CVEs

Important: freerdp security update

Published Apr 23, 2026 · Updated Apr 23, 2026

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: Heap buffer overflow allows arbitrary code execution via crafted pixel data (CVE-2026-33984)

* FreeRDP: FreeRDP: Denial of Service via specially crafted Remote Desktop Protocol messages (CVE-2026-33983)

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 2:2.11.7-7.el8_10

Vulnerabilities 2

  • High 7.5

    FreeRDP: ClearCodec resize_vbar_entry() Heap OOB Write

    FreeRDP is a free implementation of the Remote Desktop Protocol. Prior to version 3.24.2, in resize_vbar_entry() in libfreerdp/codec/clear.c, vBarEntry->size is updated to vBarEntry->count before the winpr_aligned_recalloc() call. If realloc fails, size is in…

  • Medium 6.5

    FreeRDP: Progressive Codec Quant BYTE Underflow - UB + CPU DoS

    FreeRDP is a free implementation of the Remote Desktop Protocol. Prior to version 3.24.2, progressive_decompress_tile_upgrade() detects a mismatch via progressive_rfx_quant_cmp_equal() but only emits WLog_WARN, execution continues. The wrapped value (247) is …

References

  • report
    https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2453219
  • report
    https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2453220