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vulnerabilityCVE-2026-29774
Name
CVE-2026-29774
Source
NVD ( link)Debian ( link)
Description
FreeRDP is a free implementation of the Remote Desktop Protocol. Prior to 3.24.0, a client-side heap buffer overflow occurs in the FreeRDP client's AVC420/AVC444 YUV-to-RGB conversion path due to missing horizontal bounds validation of H.264 metablock regionRects coordinates. In yuv.c, the clamp() function (line 347) only validates top/bottom against the surface/YUV height, but never checks left/right against the surface width. When avc420_yuv_to_rgb (line 67) computes destination and source pointers using rect->left, it performs unchecked pointer arithmetic that can reach far beyond the allocated surface buffer. A malicious server sends a WIRE_TO_SURFACE_PDU_1 with AVC420 codec containing a regionRects entry where left greatly exceeds the surface width (e.g., left=60000 on a 128px surface). The H.264 bitstream decodes successfully, then yuv420_process_work_callback calls avc420_yuv_to_rgb which computes pDstPoint = pDstData + rect->top * nDstStep + rect->left * 4, writing 16-byte SSE vectors 1888+ bytes past the allocated heap region. This vulnerability is fixed in 3.24.0.
Published Date
Updated Date
Workaround
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Analysis#


Affected Component
Analysis
freerdp
Exploitable

Vulnerability Ratings#


5.3
CVSSv31
8.2
CVSSv31
NaN
other

Others affected components#


Name
Project
Project Version
Version
Status
buildroot
2025.02.x
2.11.8
Exploitable
buildroot
master
2.11.8
Exploitable
yocto
master
2.11.8
Exploitable
yocto
master
3.26.0
Not Affected
yocto
scarthgap
2.11.8
Exploitable
yocto
scarthgap
3.4.0
Patched

Resolved with patches#


freerdp3 (yocto:scarthgap)

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Title
Author
Resolve
1
[codec,h264] validate rectangles before use
Armin Novak <armin.novak@thincast.com>
CVE-2026-29774