CVE-2026-121402
freerdp: freerdp: Denial of Service via zero-width graphics reset
Severity
ModerateRed Hat Product Security
CVSS 3.1
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Published · November 3, 2026
Updated · November 4, 2026
Description
A flaw was found in FreeRDP. A malicious Remote Desktop Protocol (RDP) server can cause a Denial of Service (DoS) by sending a graphics reset packet with a width of zero, followed by a standard display update. Because the client fails to properly handle the zero-width dimension, it releases its primary display buffer without closing the connection, leading to an unhandled crash when attempting to render the subsequent update.
Statement
A flaw was found in FreeRDP. A remote attacker controlling an RDP server can cause a connected FreeRDP client to crash via a crafted zero-width graphics reset that triggers a NULL pointer dereference, resulting in a denial of service. The user must connect to an attacker-controlled server.
CVSS score applicability
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Mitigation
No mitigation is specified in collected source.
CVSS / CWE
CVSS 3.1 · 6.5CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
CWE-476 · NULL Pointer Dereference