CVE-2026-64621
HIGH
7.3
CVSS 3.1
Description
FreeRDP before 3.28.0 (affected 3.x through 3.27.1) contains a double-free vulnerability in freerdp_client_rdp_file_apply_to_settings() (client/common/file.c) when parsing the selectedmonitors field of a .rdp connection file. The MonitorIds array is allocated through the settings object, and a raw non-owning pointer to it is freed on the strtoul error path without clearing settings->MonitorIds, leaving it dangling; at teardown freerdp_settings_free() frees the same buffer again. An attacker who convinces a victim to open a crafted .rdp file with oversized monitor tokens can trigger a size-controlled double-free in any FreeRDP CLI client (xfreerdp/sdl-freerdp/wlfreerdp) in the default configuration.
Metadata
Severity & Metrics
7.3
HIGH CVSS 3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:H/A:H
Affected products (1)
| Vendor | Product | Platform | Versions |
|---|---|---|---|
| FreeRDP | FreeRDP | — | 0 < 3.28.0, 3.28.0 |
Weakness (CWE)
| CWE | Source | Description |
|---|---|---|
| CWE-415 | cna | Double Free |
CVSS scores (2)
| Score | Severity | Version | Source | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
| 7.3 | HIGH | 3.1 | cna | CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:H/A:H |
References (3)
- GitHub Security Advisory (GHSA-f27x-frr8-j9hc) https://github.com/FreeRDP/FreeRDP/security/advisories/GHSA-f27x-frr8-j9hc
- https://github.com/FreeRDP/FreeRDP/commit/1f7a716d39b5605bb8a83b0c3c97a6ce386609ef https://github.com/FreeRDP/FreeRDP/commit/1f7a716d39b5605bb8a83b0c3c97a6ce386609ef
- VulnCheck Advisory: FreeRDP before 3.28.0 Double-Free via selectedmonitors https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/freerdp-before-double-free-via-selectedmonitors