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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
kirkstone
2.6.1
Exploitable
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