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High · 7.5 CVE-2026-67300 EUVD-2026-51821GHSA-hp6g-g26j-5q54

FreeRDP before 3.29.0 Use-After-Free via async message proxy

Published Aug 1, 2026 · Updated Aug 3, 2026 · Assigned by VulnCheck

Description

FreeRDP before 3.29.0 contains client-side heap use-after-free vulnerabilities in the async update message proxy for RAIL WINDOW_STATE_ORDER and NOTIFY_ICON_STATE_ORDER when AsyncUpdate is enabled. When a malicious or compromised RDP server sends crafted update orders, the message proxy shallow-copies structures containing nested parser-owned pointers (e.g., titleInfo.string, windowRects, visibilityRects, icon buffers). The parser frees those nested buffers after the callback returns, so the queued async message later dispatches stale pointers, potentially causing memory corruption or a client crash.

Affected products

VendorProductAffectedFixed
FreeRDP FreeRDP < 3.29.0 3.29.0

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 3.29.0+dfsg-1 —
Debian 13 freerdp3 No fix yet —
Debian 12 freerdp2 No fix yet —
ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Ubuntu 26.04 LTS freerdp3 3.30.0+dfsg-0ubuntu0.26.04.1 —
Ubuntu 24.04 LTS freerdp3 3.30.0+dfsg-0ubuntu0.24.04.1 —
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.amzn2023.0.15 ALAS2023-2026-2111
Amazon Linux 2 freerdp +4 2:2.11.7-1.amzn2.0.14 ALAS2-2026-3887

Advisories 3

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