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CVE-2026-67290VulnerabilityPublished Updated

FreeRDP before 3.29.0 contains a heap out-of-bounds read vulnerability in the TSMF FFmpeg decoder when parsing AVC1 MPEG2VIDEOINFO media types with insufficient ExtraData

Affects freerdpSource GCVE Database

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Not known to be exploited · CVSS 7.5 High : upgrade to 3.29.0 soon.

Data as of 30 Oct 2026, 20:25 UTC

CVSS 3.1 base score
7.5High
How severe the flaw is on the 0–10 CVSS scale.
EPSS
0.6% chance of exploitation in 30 days – higher than 49% of CVEsExploit Prediction Scoring System: the likelihood attackers will use this flaw soon.
Patch
Available – fixed in 3.29.0
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Exploitation evidence

  1. Disclosed: evidence found.

    CVE published 1 Aug 2026

  2. Detectable: no evidence on record.

    No public nuclei template indexed

  3. Weaponized: no evidence on record.

    No public exploit code indexed in Metasploit or Exploit-DB

  4. Exploited in the wild: no evidence on record.

    Not in CISA KEV and no source reports exploitation

  5. Observed by OffSeq Mirage: no evidence on record.

    No attack traffic recorded by OffSeq Mirage sensors

A missing step is not evidence of safety. Sources: cve.org (opens in a new tab), the Metasploit, Exploit-DB and nuclei-templates index as of 30 Oct 2026.

What to do

Upgrade freerdp/FreeRDP to 3.29.0.

Affected software

ProductAffectedFixed in
GitHubfreerdp/FreeRDPpkg:github/freerdp/FreeRDPOther threatsAffected
  • <3.29.0
Fixed in
  • 3.29.0

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AI-suggested

A fix is available in FreeRDP version 3.29.0 and later. Users should upgrade to version 3.29.0 or newer to remediate this vulnerability. Patch status is confirmed by the version boundary in the description. No additional mitigations are specified.

Description

FreeRDP before 3.29.0 contains a heap out-of-bounds read vulnerability in the TSMF FFmpeg decoder when parsing AVC1 MPEG2VIDEOINFO media types with insufficient ExtraData. Attackers can send malformed media format data from a server to trigger a crash by reading fixed offsets without validating source buffer length.

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