CVE-2026-33983 PUBLISHED

FreeRDP: Progressive Codec Quant BYTE Underflow - UB + CPU DoS

Assigner: GitHub_M
Reserved: 24.03.2026 Published: 30.03.2026 Updated: 31.03.2026

FreeRDP is a free implementation of the Remote Desktop Protocol. Prior to version 3.24.2, progressive_decompress_tile_upgrade() detects a mismatch via progressive_rfx_quant_cmp_equal() but only emits WLog_WARN, execution continues. The wrapped value (247) is used as a shift exponent, causing undefined behavior and an approximately 80 billion iteration loop (CPU DoS). This issue has been patched in version 3.24.2.

Metrics

CVSS Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
CVSS Score: 6.5

Product Status

Vendor FreeRDP
Product FreeRDP
Versions
  • Version < 3.24.2 is affected

References

Problem Types

  • CWE-190: Integer Overflow or Wraparound CWE
  • CWE-252: Unchecked Return Value CWE