CVE-2026-55191
Reported by GitHub_M · Published August 19, 2026
FreeRDP is a free implementation of the Remote Desktop Protocol. Prior to 3.27.0, FreeRDP clients that negotiate RDPGFX AVC444 with an H.264 decoder backend calculate the intermediate YUV444 allocation size in libfreerdp/codec/h264.c with 32-bit multiplication in avc444_ensure_buffer. A malicious RDP server can supply surface dimensions for which piDstStride multiplied by padDstHeight wraps to a small nonzero value, causing winpr_aligned_recalloc to allocate an undersized buffer before YUV420CombineToYUV444 writes using the actual stride and rectangle dimensions. This can cause a client crash and may permit code execution through attacker-influenced heap corruption. This issue is fixed in version 3.27.0.
Risk Scores
Affected Products
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
| FreeRDP | FreeRDP | < 3.27.0 |
| FreeRDP | FreeRDP | < 3.27.0 |
| alpine | freerdp | 0, 0, 0 |
Timeline
- Jun 19, 2026 CVE Published
- Aug 24, 2026 EPSS Score
- Aug 26, 2026 EPSS Score
- Aug 30, 2026 EPSS Score
- Sep 3, 2026 EPSS Score
- Sep 4, 2026 Security Advisory
- Sep 6, 2026 EPSS Score
References
- https://github.com/FreeRDP/FreeRDP/security/advisories/GHSA-vx73-w5q6-7jqr x_refsource_CONFIRM
- https://github.com/FreeRDP/FreeRDP/pull/12873 x_refsource_MISC
- https://github.com/FreeRDP/FreeRDP/commit/97f40b9e766af375f4e41ac6a3f4397d708d249c x_refsource_MISC
- https://github.com/FreeRDP/FreeRDP/releases/tag/3.27.0 x_refsource_MISC