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CVE-2026-91960

FreeRDP: FreeRDP: Denial of Service via integer overflow and double free in WinPR

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Severity

Moderate

Red Hat Product Security

6.5

CVSS 3.1

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Published · September 16, 2026

Updated · October 29, 2026

Description

A flaw was found in FreeRDP. A remote attacker, specifically a malicious RD Gateway peer, could send a crafted WebSocket Ping frame with an extended payload length. This action triggers an an integer overflow in the Stream_EnsureRemainingCapacity function, leading to an integer wraparound and a double free vulnerability. Successful exploitation results in a denial of service, causing the FreeRDP client to crash during connection.

CVSS score applicability

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Mitigation

To mitigate this issue, FreeRDP clients should only connect to trusted and verified Remote Desktop Gateway servers. Connecting to untrusted or unverified servers may expose the client to denial of service attacks.

CVSS / CWE

CVSS 3.1 · 6.5
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

CWE-190 · Integer Overflow or Wraparound