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Fencer Vulns
high 7.1

CVE-2026-33982 json

FreeRDP: Persistent Cache Allocator Mismatch - Heap OOB Read

published 2026-03-30 7 mo ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also EUVD-2026-17225

cvss
7.1
version 3.1, CNA
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
0.2%
EPSS 0.2% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 9%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

FreeRDP is a free implementation of the Remote Desktop Protocol. Prior to version 3.24.2, there is a heap-buffer-overflow READ vulnerability at 24 bytes before the allocation, in winpr_aligned_offset_recalloc(). This issue has been patched in version 3.24.2.

Patch / fix

  • freerdp freerdp 3.24.2
  • freerdp3 Debian 13 3.15.0+dfsg-2.1+deb13u2
  • freerdp3 Debian 14 3.24.2+dfsg-1

debian advisories DEBIAN-CVE-2026-33982

  • freerdp3 Ubuntu 24.04 LTS 3.30.0+dfsg-0ubuntu0.24.04.1

ubuntu advisories UBUNTU-CVE-2026-33982

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  • freerdp RHEL 10.2 2:3.10.3-12.el10_2.5
  • libwinpr RHEL 10.2 2:3.10.3-12.el10_2.5
  • freerdp-libs RHEL 10.2 2:3.10.3-12.el10_2.5
  • freerdp-server RHEL 10.2 2:3.10.3-12.el10_2.5
  • freerdp RHEL 10.1 2:3.10.3-5.el10_1.8
  • libwinpr RHEL 10.1 2:3.10.3-5.el10_1.8
  • freerdp-libs RHEL 10.1 2:3.10.3-5.el10_1.8
  • freerdp-server RHEL 10.1 2:3.10.3-5.el10_1.8

red hat advisories RHSA-2026:20605RHSA-2026:19142RHSA-2026:16014

  • freerdp SLE Workstation Extension 15 SP7, SLE Module for Package Hub 15 SP7 3.10.3-150700.3.17.1
  • freerdp SLES for SAP applications 16.0, SLES 16.0 3.26.0-160000.1.1

suse advisories SUSE-SU-2026:3562-1SUSE-SU-2026:22194-1

  • freerdp openSUSE Leap 16.0 3.26.0-160000.1.1
  • freerdp openSUSE Tumbleweed 3.24.2-1.1

opensuse advisories openSUSE-SU-2026:21116-1openSUSE-SU-2026:10633-1

  • freerdp AlmaLinux 10 2:3.10.3-5.el10_1.8
  • libwinpr AlmaLinux 10 2:3.10.3-5.el10_1.8
  • freerdp-libs AlmaLinux 10 2:3.10.3-5.el10_1.8
  • freerdp-server AlmaLinux 10 2:3.10.3-5.el10_1.8

almalinux advisories ALSA-2026:16014

  • freerdp Rocky Linux 10 2:3.10.3-12.el10_2.5
  • freerdp Rocky Linux 10 2:3.10.3-5.el10_1.8

rocky linux advisories RLSA-2026:19142RLSA-2026:16014

  • freerdp Alpine 3.24, Alpine 3.23 3.24.2-r0

alpine advisories ALPINE-CVE-2026-33982

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Vendor advisories

What the vendors themselves say about their products: affected, fixed or not affected, and what to do.

red hat product security vex CVE-2026-33982 updated cvss 6.6

FreeRDP: FreeRDP: Information disclosure and denial of service via heap-buffer-overflow read

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 freerdp, freerdp-libs, freerdp-plugins Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 freerdp, libwinpr, freerdp-libs, freerdp-plugins
    affected: workaround, no fix planned “Out of support scope”
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 10) freerdp 3.10.3-5.el10_1.8, freerdp 3.10.3-12.el10_2.5, libwinpr 3.10.3-5.el10_1.8, libwinpr 3.10.3-12.el10_2.5, freerdp-libs 3.10.3-5.el10_1.8, freerdp-libs 3.10.3-12.el10_2.5
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2026:16014
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream EUS (v. 10.0) freerdp 3.10.3-3.el10_0.7, libwinpr 3.10.3-3.el10_0.7, freerdp-libs 3.10.3-3.el10_0.7
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2026:20605
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux CodeReady Linux Builder (v. 10) freerdp-server 3.10.3-5.el10_1.8, freerdp-server 3.10.3-12.el10_2.5
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2026:16014
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux CodeReady Linux Builder EUS (v. 10.0) freerdp-server 3.10.3-3.el10_0.7
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2026:20605
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 freerdp, libwinpr, freerdp-libs Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 freerdp, libwinpr, freerdp-libs
    not affected: vulnerable code not present

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CISA SSVC

Exploitation
none
Automatable
no
Technical impact
total
Assessed
7 mo ago

Exploit prediction

0.19% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 9% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
CNA 3.1 7.1 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:H
NVD 3.1 8.1 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:H

Affected products

  • FreeRDP FreeRDP

Classification

Weakness

References

Sources

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