CVE-2026-109253
freerdp: freerdp: Denial of Service via out-of-bounds read in RDPEAR
Severity
ModerateRed Hat Product Security
CVSS 3.1
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Published · October 13, 2026
Updated · October 14, 2026
Description
A flaw was found in FreeRDP. When processing authentication data for Remote Credential Guard, the client checks data lengths before accounting for byte alignment padding. A malicious or compromised Remote Desktop Protocol (RDP) server can exploit this flaw by sending a crafted payload to a connected client. This triggers an out-of-bounds read and can crash the client process, resulting in a Denial of Service (DoS).
CVSS score applicability
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Mitigation
No mitigation is specified in collected source.
CVSS / CWE
CVSS 3.1 · 5.3CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
CWE-125 · Out-of-bounds Read