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CVE-2026-64621

FreeRDP FreeRDP — FreeRDP before 3.28.0 Double-Free via selectedmonitors

Description · from the CVE record

FreeRDP before 3.28.0 (affected 3.x through 3.27.1) contains a double-free vulnerability in freerdp_client_rdp_file_apply_to_settings() (client/common/file.c) when parsing the selectedmonitors field of a .rdp connection file. The MonitorIds array is allocated through the settings object, and a raw non-owning pointer to it is freed on the strtoul error path without clearing settings->MonitorIds, leaving it dangling; at teardown freerdp_settings_free() frees the same buffer again. An attacker who convinces a victim to open a crafted .rdp file with oversized monitor tokens can trigger a size-controlled double-free in any FreeRDP CLI client (xfreerdp/sdl-freerdp/wlfreerdp) in the default configuration.

Affected

ProductAffectedFixed inSource
FreeRDP< 3.28.03.28.0CNA

Scores by source

VulnCheck (CNA)9.3CVSS: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 (CNA)7.3CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:H/A:H
CISA ADPSSVCExploitation: poc · Automatable: no · Technical impact: partial

References

exploitgithub.com/FreeRDP/FreeRDP/security/advisories/GHSA-f27x-frr8-j9hcpatchgithub.com/FreeRDP/FreeRDP/commit/1f7a716d39b5605bb8a83b0c3c97a6ce386609efwriteupvulncheck.com/advisories/freerdp-before-double-free-via-selectedmonitors