{"dataType": "CVE_RECORD", "dataVersion": "5.2", "cveMetadata": {"cveId": "CVE-2026-26965", "assignerOrgId": "a0819718-46f1-4df5-94e2-005712e83aaa", "state": "PUBLISHED", "assignerShortName": "GitHub_M", "dateReserved": "2026-02-16T22:20:28.612Z", "datePublished": "2026-02-25T20:59:17.828Z", "dateUpdated": "2026-02-25T20:59:17.828Z"}, "containers": {"cna": {"title": "FreeRDP has Out-of-bounds Write", "problemTypes": [{"descriptions": [{"cweId": "CWE-787", "lang": "en", "description": "CWE-787: Out-of-bounds Write", "type": "CWE"}]}], "metrics": [{"cvssV3_1": {"attackComplexity": "LOW", "attackVector": "NETWORK", "availabilityImpact": "HIGH", "baseScore": 8.8, "baseSeverity": "HIGH", "confidentialityImpact": "HIGH", "integrityImpact": "HIGH", "privilegesRequired": "NONE", "scope": "UNCHANGED", "userInteraction": "REQUIRED", "vectorString": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H", "version": "3.1"}}], "references": [{"name": "https://github.com/FreeRDP/FreeRDP/security/advisories/GHSA-5vgf-mw4f-r33h", "tags": ["x_refsource_CONFIRM"], "url": "https://github.com/FreeRDP/FreeRDP/security/advisories/GHSA-5vgf-mw4f-r33h"}, {"name": "https://github.com/FreeRDP/FreeRDP/commit/a0be5cb87d760bb1c803ad1bb835aa1e73e62abc", "tags": ["x_refsource_MISC"], "url": "https://github.com/FreeRDP/FreeRDP/commit/a0be5cb87d760bb1c803ad1bb835aa1e73e62abc"}], "affected": [{"vendor": "FreeRDP", "product": "FreeRDP", "versions": [{"version": "< 3.23.0", "status": "affected"}]}], "providerMetadata": {"orgId": "a0819718-46f1-4df5-94e2-005712e83aaa", "shortName": "GitHub_M", "dateUpdated": "2026-02-25T20:59:17.828Z"}, "descriptions": [{"lang": "en", "value": "FreeRDP is a free implementation of the Remote Desktop Protocol. Prior to version 3.23.0, in the RLE planar decode path, `planar_decompress_plane_rle()` writes into `pDstData` at `((nYDst+y) * nDstStep) + (4*nXDst) + nChannel` without verifying that `(nYDst+nSrcHeight)` fits in the destination height or that `(nXDst+nSrcWidth)` fits in the destination stride. When `TempFormat != DstFormat`, `pDstData` becomes `planar->pTempData` (sized for the desktop), while `nYDst` is only validated against the **surface** by `is_within_surface()`. A malicious RDP server can exploit this to perform a heap out-of-bounds write with attacker-controlled offset and pixel data on any connecting FreeRDP client. The OOB write reaches up to 132,096 bytes past the temp buffer end, and on the brk heap (desktop \u2264 128\u00d7128), an adjacent `NSC_CONTEXT` struct's `decode` function pointer is overwritten with attacker-controlled pixel data \u2014 control-flow\u2013relevant corruption (function pointer overwritten) demonstrated under deterministic heap layout (`nsc->decode = 0xFF414141FF414141`). Version 3.23.0 fixes the vulnerability."}], "source": {"advisory": "GHSA-5vgf-mw4f-r33h", "discovery": "UNKNOWN"}}}}

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