CVE-2026-64620
CRITICAL
9.8
CVSS 3.1
Description
FreeRDP before 3.28.0 (affected <=3.27.1) contains a heap-based buffer overflow in crypto_rsa_common() (libfreerdp/crypto/crypto.c). The function writes the modular-exponentiation result into the caller's output buffer via BN_bn2bin() and only afterward checks output_length > out_length, so out-of-bounds bytes are written before the bounds check. On the server side, when a client selects RDP Standard Security, the encrypted client random is decrypted into a fixed 32-byte buffer. Because the server publishes its RSA public key, an unauthenticated attacker can forge a ciphertext whose decrypted value is up to the full modulus length (e.g. 256 bytes for RSA-2048), overflowing the 32-byte heap buffer by up to ~224 attacker-controlled bytes pre-authentication, resulting in denial of service.
Metadata
Severity & Metrics
9.8
CRITICAL CVSS 3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
SSVC — CISA Coordinator
Affected products (1)
| Vendor | Product | Platform | Versions |
|---|---|---|---|
| FreeRDP | FreeRDP | — | 0 < 3.28.0, 3.28.0 |
Weakness (CWE)
| CWE | Source | Description |
|---|---|---|
| CWE-122 | cna | Heap-based Buffer Overflow |
CVSS scores (2)
| Score | Severity | Version | Source | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9.8 | CRITICAL | 3.1 | cna | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |
| 9.3 | CRITICAL | 4.0 | cna | CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N |
References (3)
- GitHub Security Advisory (GHSA-pjqx-v446-x7fc) https://github.com/FreeRDP/FreeRDP/security/advisories/GHSA-pjqx-v446-x7fc
- https://github.com/FreeRDP/FreeRDP/commit/1f7a716d39b5605bb8a83b0c3c97a6ce386609ef https://github.com/FreeRDP/FreeRDP/commit/1f7a716d39b5605bb8a83b0c3c97a6ce386609ef
- VulnCheck Advisory: FreeRDP before 3.28.0 Heap Buffer Overflow via crypto_rsa_common https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/freerdp-before-heap-buffer-overflow-via-crypto-rsa-common