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CVE-2026-67298

high

FreeRDP versions 3.28.0 and earlier contain a heap buffer overflow in the server-side RAIL channel handler (rail_server_handle_messages() in channels/rail/serv…

Vendor / product: Freerdp — freerdp

FreeRDP versions 3.28.0 and earlier contain a heap buffer overflow in the server-side RAIL channel handler (rail_server_handle_messages() in channels/rail/server/rail_main.c). When processing a RAIL PDU header, the code subtracts RAIL_PDU_HEADER_LENGTH from the peer-controlled orderLength field without first verifying orderLength is at least the header length. For orderLength values 0..3 this causes an unsigned integer underflow to a very large size, which bypasses the Stream_EnsureRemainingCapacity() capacity check (due to pointer arithmetic wraparound) and is then passed to WTSVirtualChannelRead(), resulting in an out-of-bounds heap write. A malicious or compromised RDP client can exploit this to corrupt the heap and crash the server. Fixed in FreeRDP 3.29.0.

CVSS
7.5
7.5 (CVSS v3.1)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Severity source: NVD CVSS v3.1 (disclosure@vulncheck.com)
Timeline (UTC)
Published: 2026-08-01 13:16
Modified: 2026-11-03 21:38
NVD status: Analyzed
Last synced 1 day ago
Verified against the source API 2026-11-03 21:53 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 <3.29.0

Weakness classification (CWE)

Source: NVD / CISA. “NVD-CWE-Other” and “NVD-CWE-noinfo” mean NVD could not assign a specific weakness.

Mitigation & advisories

Vendor advisory: https://github.com/FreeRDP/FreeRDP/security/advisories/GHSA-qmvw-52ph-q5pv
Vendor advisory: https://github.com/FreeRDP/FreeRDP/security/advisories/GHSA-5wr6-8m8j-3h7f
Patch / mitigation: https://github.com/FreeRDP/FreeRDP/commit/46848765f2a1134f8652f8760eefb5e85d64a9b8
Patch / mitigation: https://github.com/FreeRDP/FreeRDP/commit/5370fb26fbf034ecd11d3026b6ad639b5fff493f

References

Data sources

NVD CVE API 2.0 — fetched 2026-11-03 21:53 UTC · record ↗

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