CVE-2026-57156
FreeRDP: FreeRDP: Arbitrary code execution or denial of service via integer overflow in RDP message processing
Severity by source
Trivy's own label is CRITICAL. Rated critical by NVD. Rated lower by Red Hat (high), Ubuntu (medium).
Description
FreeRDP is a free implementation of the Remote Desktop Protocol. Prior to 3.28.0 on 32-bit builds, FreeRDP clients contain an integer overflow in update_read_delta_points in libfreerdp/core/orders.c when multiplying an attacker-controlled point count by sizeof(DELTA_POINT), allowing a malicious RDP peer to allocate an undersized heap buffer and then write beyond it during initialization. This issue is fixed in version 3.28.0.
Affected packages and fixed versions
| Source | Package | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| alpine 3.24 | freerdp | 3.29.0-r0 |
| alpine edge | freerdp | 3.29.0-r0 |
| debian 11 | freerdp2 | no fix listed |
| debian 12 | freerdp2 | no fix listed |
| debian 13 | freerdp3 | no fix listed |
| debian 14 | freerdp3 | 3.28.0+dfsg-1 |
| echo | freerdp2, freerdp3 | no fix listed |
| rapidfort alpine 3.20 | freerdp | 3.29.0-r0 |
| rapidfort alpine 3.21 | freerdp | 3.29.0-r0 |
| rapidfort alpine 3.22 | freerdp | 3.29.0-r0 |
| rapidfort alpine 3.23 | freerdp | 3.29.0-r0 |
| rapidfort alpine 3.24 | freerdp | 3.29.0-r0 |
Show all 31 entries from 18 sources
| Source | Package | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| alpine 3.24 | freerdp | 3.29.0-r0 |
| alpine edge | freerdp | 3.29.0-r0 |
| debian 11 | freerdp2 | no fix listed |
| debian 12 | freerdp2 | no fix listed |
| debian 13 | freerdp3 | no fix listed |
| debian 14 | freerdp3 | 3.28.0+dfsg-1 |
| echo | freerdp2 | no fix listed |
| echo | freerdp3 | no fix listed |
| rapidfort alpine 3.20 | freerdp | 3.29.0-r0 |
| rapidfort alpine 3.21 | freerdp | 3.29.0-r0 |
| rapidfort alpine 3.22 | freerdp | 3.29.0-r0 |
| rapidfort alpine 3.23 | freerdp | 3.29.0-r0 |
| rapidfort alpine 3.24 | freerdp | 3.29.0-r0 |
| rapidfort debian 12 | freerdp2 | no fix listed |
| rapidfort debian 12 | freerdp3 | 0:3.28.0+dfsg-1 |
| rapidfort debian 13 | freerdp2 | no fix listed |
| rapidfort debian 13 | freerdp3 | 0:3.28.0+dfsg-1 |
| rapidfort fedora 43 | freerdp | 2:3.28.0-1.fc43 |
| rapidfort fedora 43 | freerdp-devel | 2:3.28.0-1.fc43 |
| rapidfort fedora 43 | freerdp-libs | 2:3.28.0-1.fc43 |
| rapidfort fedora 43 | freerdp-server | 2:3.28.0-1.fc43 |
| rapidfort fedora 43 | libwinpr | 2:3.28.0-1.fc43 |
| rapidfort fedora 43 | libwinpr-devel | 2:3.28.0-1.fc43 |
| Red Hat | freerdp | no fix listed |
| Red Hat | freerdp-devel | no fix listed |
| Red Hat | freerdp-libs | no fix listed |
| Red Hat | freerdp-plugins | no fix listed |
| Red Hat | libwinpr | no fix listed |
| Red Hat | libwinpr-devel | no fix listed |
| ubuntu 24.04 | freerdp3 | 3.30.0+dfsg-0ubuntu0.24.04.1 |
| ubuntu 26.04 | freerdp3 | 3.30.0+dfsg-0ubuntu0.26.04.1 |
References
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-57156
- https://github.com/FreeRDP/FreeRDP/commit/487f35daccb36a6224e530dcd8fa60850825f823
- https://github.com/FreeRDP/FreeRDP/pull/12938
- https://github.com/FreeRDP/FreeRDP/releases/tag/3.28.0
- https://github.com/FreeRDP/FreeRDP/security/advisories/GHSA-v5wf-j8j4-77h7
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-57156
- https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-8561-1
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-57156