CVE-2026-121405
mediumFreeRDP before 3.32.2 fails to cap the OutputBufferLength in serial device-control IRP requests, allowing malicious servers to trigger excessive memory allocat…
Vendor / product: Freerdp — freerdp
FreeRDP before 3.32.2 fails to cap the OutputBufferLength in serial device-control IRP requests, allowing malicious servers to trigger excessive memory allocation. Attackers running a server with serial redirection can send an IRP_MJ_DEVICE_CONTROL request with IOCTL_USBPRINT_GET_1284_ID and a near-maximum length to exhaust client memory.
CVSS
4.3
4.3 (CVSS v3.1)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L Severity source: NVD CVSS v3.1 (disclosure@vulncheck.com)
Timeline (UTC)
Published: 2026-11-03 15:17
Modified: 2026-11-03 18:17
NVD status: Modified
Last synced 1 day ago
Verified against the source API 2026-11-03 18:20 UTC
Exploitation
Not listed in CISA KEV (as of last catalog sync)
Absence from KEV does not mean a CVE is not exploited. Exploitation status: unknown (no authoritative evidence in our sources).
Affected products
freerdp / freerdp <3.32.2
Weakness classification (CWE)
Source: NVD / CISA. “NVD-CWE-Other” and “NVD-CWE-noinfo” mean NVD could not assign a specific weakness.
Mitigation & advisories
References
- https://github.com/FreeRDP/FreeRDP/security/advisories/GHSA-r387-jjq3-87hv disclosure@vulncheck.com
- https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/freerdp-before-3.32.2-memory-exhaustion-via-serial-rd... disclosure@vulncheck.com
- https://github.com/FreeRDP/FreeRDP/security/advisories/GHSA-r387-jjq3-87hv 134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0
Data sources
NVD CVE API 2.0 — fetched 2026-11-03 18:20 UTC · record ↗