CVE-2026-44422
8.8
Vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Exploitability: 2.8 / Impact: 5.9
Source: NVD
Description
FreeRDP is a free implementation of the Remote Desktop Protocol. Prior to 3.26.0, FreeRDP's RDPEAR NDR parser accepts one non-null NDR pointer ref-id for multiple logical pointer fields without tracking the pointed object's expected NDR type or ownership. When the same ref-id is reused across two pointer fields, the parser assigns the same heap object to both output fields. The generic destructor later walks each field independently and destroys/frees both pointers. This causes a malicious-server-triggerable heap use-after-free / double-free in the FreeRDP client's RDPEAR authentication-redirection path. This vulnerability is fixed in 3.26.0.
Affected (1)
Related CWEs
CWE-415
Double Free
The product calls free() twice on the same memory address, potentially leading to modification of unexpected memory locations.
CWE-416
Use After Free
The product reuses or references memory after it has been freed. At some point afterward, the memory may be allocated again and saved in another pointer, while the original pointer references a location somewhere within the new allocation. Any operations using the original pointer are no longer valid because the memory "belongs" to the code that operates on the new pointer.
CWE-825
Expired Pointer Dereference
The product dereferences a pointer that contains a location for memory that was previously valid, but is no longer valid.
References (6)
Source: security-advisories@github.com
ExploitMitigationVendor Advisory
Source: 0b0ca135-0b70-47e7-9f44-1890c2a1c46c
Source: 0b0ca135-0b70-47e7-9f44-1890c2a1c46c
Source: 0b0ca135-0b70-47e7-9f44-1890c2a1c46c
Source: 134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0
ExploitMitigationVendor Advisory
Source: 0b0ca135-0b70-47e7-9f44-1890c2a1c46c
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