CVE-2026-114046

FreeRDP 3.0.0 before 3.32.0 null-pointer dereference via emulated smartcard

State: Published
Severity: 7.1 High
Published: Oct 21, 2026
Updated: Oct 28, 2026
Reserved: Oct 20, 2026

Description

FreeRDP 3.0.0 before 3.32.0 contains a null-pointer dereference in the smartcard emulation backend that accepts a null per-reader name in SCardGetStatusChange requests. A malicious RDP server can send a crafted reader-state entry with a null szReader, causing strcmp or _wcscmp to crash the client process.

Scores

CVSS	Score	Vector	Source
4.0	7.1 High	CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:P/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N	VulnCheck
3.1	6.5 Medium	CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H	VulnCheck

Weaknesses

CWE-476 NULL Pointer Dereference

Affected Products

Product	Versions
FreeRDPFreeRDP	3.0.0 to before 3.32.0Affected 3.32.0Not affected

References

GitHub Security Advisory (GHSA-q6pp-28g8-xqjc)vendor-advisory
VulnCheck Advisory: FreeRDP 3.0.0 before 3.32.0 null-pointer dereference via emulated smartcardthird-party-advisory

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