CVE-2026-69159 PUBLISHED

FreeRDP: Out-of-Bounds Read in Planar RLE Decoder (planar_decompress_plane_rle / planar_decompress_plane_rle_only)

Assigner: GitHub_M
Reserved: 03.08.2026 Published: 19.08.2026 Updated: 19.08.2026

FreeRDP is a free implementation of the Remote Desktop Protocol. Prior to 3.29.0, planar_decompress_plane_rle and planar_decompress_plane_rle_only in libfreerdp/codec/planar.c verify that a control byte exists but do not verify that the source buffer contains the zero to fifteen raw bytes declared by that control byte. A malicious RDP server can send a truncated planar bitmap or surface update whose final control byte claims additional raw bytes, causing the decoder to read beyond pSrcData while processing a color plane. This can crash the client and may disclose adjacent memory. This issue is fixed in version 3.29.0.

Metrics

CVSS Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:L
CVSS Score: 5.4

Product Status

Vendor FreeRDP
Product FreeRDP
Versions
  • Version < 3.29.0 is affected

References

Problem Types

  • CWE-125: Out-of-bounds Read CWE