CVE-2026-121399 PUBLISHED

FreeRDP before 3.32.2 Memory Exhaustion via RD Gateway Packet Length

Assigner: VulnCheck
Reserved: 03.11.2026 Published: 03.11.2026 Updated: 03.11.2026

FreeRDP before 3.32.2 contains a memory allocation vulnerability in rdg_receive_packet that allows a malicious RD Gateway to force a 2 GiB client allocation before tunnel authentication. Attackers can send an eight-byte RDG header declaring packet length 0x7FFFFFFF to trigger pre-authentication memory exhaustion and denial of service.

Metrics

CVSS Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:P/VC:N/VI:N/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
CVSS Score: 5.3

Product Status

Vendor FreeRDP
Product FreeRDP
Versions Default: unaffected
  • affected from 0 to 3.32.2 (excl.)
  • Version 3.32.2 is unaffected

Credits

  • Kushalkhemka finder
  • mayank-jangid-moon finder
  • opensec-intelligence tool

References

Problem Types

  • Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling CWE