Red Hat Security Advisory: freerdp security update
Multiple vulnerabilities have been identified in FreeRDP, a free implementation of the Remote Desktop Protocol used by the xfreerdp client. These include denial of service via use-after-free and double free, heap-buffer-overflow, out-of-bounds reads, division-by-zero, information disclosure, and memory corruption that may lead to denial of service or arbitrary code execution. The issues affect Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10 and related products. Red Hat has issued a security advisory with updates addressing these vulnerabilities. The overall security impact is rated as moderate by Red Hat Product Security.
AI Analysis
Technical Summary
FreeRDP, used in Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10, contains multiple security vulnerabilities including heap use-after-free (CVE-2026-25997, CVE-2026-25952), double free (CVE-2026-26986), heap-buffer-overflow (CVE-2026-29775), out-of-bounds reads in ADPCM decoders (CVE-2026-31885), division-by-zero (CVE-2026-31884), denial of service via crafted audio data (CVE-2026-31883), information disclosure via heap out-of-bounds reads (CVE-2026-33985, CVE-2026-33982), and memory corruption allowing denial of service or arbitrary code execution (CVE-2026-33987). These vulnerabilities are addressed in Red Hat's security advisory RHSA-2026:19142 with updated packages for affected Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10 variants and CodeReady Linux Builder. The advisory rates the security impact as moderate.
Potential Impact
The vulnerabilities collectively allow an attacker to cause denial of service conditions through use-after-free, double free, heap-buffer-overflow, out-of-bounds reads, and crafted audio data. Some issues also permit information disclosure via heap memory out-of-bounds reads. Critically, one memory corruption vulnerability may enable arbitrary code execution. These impacts affect systems running vulnerable versions of FreeRDP on Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10 and related products. No known exploits in the wild have been reported at this time.
Mitigation Recommendations
Red Hat has released updated packages for FreeRDP addressing all listed vulnerabilities as part of advisory RHSA-2026:19142. Users of affected Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10 and related products should apply these official updates promptly. For detailed update instructions, refer to Red Hat's article at https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258. Since this is an official fix, applying the update fully mitigates the vulnerabilities. No additional vendor-recommended mitigations are currently indicated.
Red Hat Security Advisory: freerdp security update
Description
Multiple vulnerabilities have been identified in FreeRDP, a free implementation of the Remote Desktop Protocol used by the xfreerdp client. These include denial of service via use-after-free and double free, heap-buffer-overflow, out-of-bounds reads, division-by-zero, information disclosure, and memory corruption that may lead to denial of service or arbitrary code execution. The issues affect Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10 and related products. Red Hat has issued a security advisory with updates addressing these vulnerabilities. The overall security impact is rated as moderate by Red Hat Product Security.
AI-Powered Analysis
Machine-generated threat intelligence
Technical Analysis
FreeRDP, used in Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10, contains multiple security vulnerabilities including heap use-after-free (CVE-2026-25997, CVE-2026-25952), double free (CVE-2026-26986), heap-buffer-overflow (CVE-2026-29775), out-of-bounds reads in ADPCM decoders (CVE-2026-31885), division-by-zero (CVE-2026-31884), denial of service via crafted audio data (CVE-2026-31883), information disclosure via heap out-of-bounds reads (CVE-2026-33985, CVE-2026-33982), and memory corruption allowing denial of service or arbitrary code execution (CVE-2026-33987). These vulnerabilities are addressed in Red Hat's security advisory RHSA-2026:19142 with updated packages for affected Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10 variants and CodeReady Linux Builder. The advisory rates the security impact as moderate.
Potential Impact
The vulnerabilities collectively allow an attacker to cause denial of service conditions through use-after-free, double free, heap-buffer-overflow, out-of-bounds reads, and crafted audio data. Some issues also permit information disclosure via heap memory out-of-bounds reads. Critically, one memory corruption vulnerability may enable arbitrary code execution. These impacts affect systems running vulnerable versions of FreeRDP on Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10 and related products. No known exploits in the wild have been reported at this time.
Mitigation Recommendations
Red Hat has released updated packages for FreeRDP addressing all listed vulnerabilities as part of advisory RHSA-2026:19142. Users of affected Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10 and related products should apply these official updates promptly. For detailed update instructions, refer to Red Hat's article at https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258. Since this is an official fix, applying the update fully mitigates the vulnerabilities. No additional vendor-recommended mitigations are currently indicated.
Technical Details
- Gcve Source
- db.gcve.eu
- Csaf Category
- csaf_security_advisory
- Csaf Version
- 2.0
- Publisher
- Red Hat Product Security
- Advisory Id
- RHSA-2026:19142
- Cve Count
- 10
- Additional Cves
- ["CVE-2026-25997","CVE-2026-26986","CVE-2026-29775","CVE-2026-31883","CVE-2026-31884","CVE-2026-31885","CVE-2026-33982","CVE-2026-33985","CVE-2026-33987"]
- Cvss Version
- null
Threat ID: 6a16097ee29bf47b5064afc3
Added to database: 5/26/2026, 8:58:38 PM
Last enriched: 5/26/2026, 10:35:32 PM
Last updated: 5/27/2026, 4:51:55 AM
Views: 2
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