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Medium · 5.5 CVE-2026-27950 EUVD-2026-8754

FreeRDP heap-use-after-free in update_pointer_new(SDL): Fix Applied in the Wrong File

Published Feb 25, 2026 · Updated Feb 26, 2026 · Assigned by GitHub_M

Description

FreeRDP is a free implementation of the Remote Desktop Protocol. Prior to version 3.23.0, the fix for the heap-use-after-free described in CVE-2026-24680 is incomplete. While the vulnerable execution flow referenced in the advisory exists in the SDL2 implementation, the fix appears to have been applied only to the SDL3 code path. In the SDL2 implementation, the pointer is not nulled after free. This creates a situation where the advisory suggests the vulnerability is fully resolved, while builds or environments still using SDL2 may retain the vulnerable logic. A complete fix is available in version 3.23.0.

Affected products

VendorProductAffectedFixed
FreeRDP FreeRDP < 3.23.0 —

Fixed in Linux distributions

Distributions backport fixes, so the version that fixes this vulnerability differs per release — upgrade to at least the version shown. From the distributions' security trackers and advisories.

ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Debian 14 freerdp3 3.23.0+dfsg-1 —
Debian 13 freerdp3 No fix yet —
ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Ubuntu 25.10 freerdp3 3.16.0+dfsg-2ubuntu0.3 USN-8105-1
Ubuntu 24.04 LTS freerdp3 3.5.1+dfsg1-0ubuntu1.2 USN-8105-1
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS freerdp2 No fix yet —
Ubuntu 18.04 LTS freerdp No fix yet —
Ubuntu 16.04 LTS freerdp No fix yet —
Show 3 more (older releases, extended support, other products)
ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Ubuntu Pro 24.04 LTS freerdp2 No fix yet —
Ubuntu Pro 20.04 LTS freerdp2 No fix yet —
Ubuntu Pro 18.04 LTS freerdp2 No fix yet —

Amazon Linux

ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Amazon Linux 2023 freerdp +5 2:3.6.3-1.amzn2023.0.7 ALAS2023-2026-1512

Advisories 3

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