REDHAT-BUG-2509994: Medium severity FreeRDP freerdp vulnerability

Published Aug 1, 2026
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Updated

FreeRDP before 3.29.0 contains out-of-bounds read vulnerabilities in the async update message proxy for the PolygonSC and PolygonCB primary drawing orders. When AsyncUpdate is enabled (e.g., xfreerdp /async-update), updatemessagePolygonSC() and updatemessagePolygonCB() allocate a fresh points array but copy point data from the address of the order structure instead of from polygonSC->points / polygonCB->points, resulting in a client-side out-of-bounds read. A malicious or compromised RDP server sending crafted PolygonSC/PolygonCB update orders can trigger memory disclosure or a client crash.

Affected Software

1 affected component
FreeRDP freerdp<3.29.0

Remediation

Recommended actions to resolve this vulnerability, in priority order.

  1. Upgrade

    Upgrade FreeRDP to a version that resolves this vulnerability.

    Fixed in 3.29.0
  2. Configuration

    Disable AsyncUpdate (e.g., do not use xfreerdp /async-update). This avoids the vulnerable async update message proxy paths in update_message_PolygonSC() and update_message_PolygonCB().

    FreeRDP AsyncUpdate = disabled

Event History

Aug 1, 2026
Data Sourced
via Red Hat·01:02 PM
DescriptionSeverityAffected Software

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