CVE-2026-64620
FreeRDP before 3.28.0 Heap Buffer Overflow via crypto_rsa_common
- State
- Published
- Severity
- 9.3 Critical
- Published
- Jul 20, 2026
- Updated
- Jul 21, 2026
- Reserved
- Jul 20, 2026
Description
FreeRDP before 3.28.0 (affected <=3.27.1) contains a heap-based buffer overflow in crypto_rsa_common() (libfreerdp/crypto/crypto.c). The function writes the modular-exponentiation result into the caller's output buffer via BN_bn2bin() and only afterward checks output_length > out_length, so out-of-bounds bytes are written before the bounds check. On the server side, when a client selects RDP Standard Security, the encrypted client random is decrypted into a fixed 32-byte buffer. Because the server publishes its RSA public key, an unauthenticated attacker can forge a ciphertext whose decrypted value is up to the full modulus length (e.g. 256 bytes for RSA-2048), overflowing the 32-byte heap buffer by up to ~224 attacker-controlled bytes pre-authentication, resulting in denial of service.
Scores
| CVSS | Score | Vector | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| 4.0 | 9.3 Critical | CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N | VulnCheck |
| 3.1 | 9.8 Critical | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H | VulnCheck |
Weaknesses
- CWE-122 Heap-based Buffer Overflow
Affected Products
| Product | Versions |
|---|---|
FreeRDPFreeRDP |
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References
- GitHub Security Advisory (GHSA-pjqx-v446-x7fc)vendor-advisory
- Patch Commitpatch
- VulnCheck Advisory: FreeRDP before 3.28.0 Heap Buffer Overflow via crypto_rsa_commonthird-party-advisory
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