CVE-2026-29774CWE-787

FreeRDP has a heap-buffer-overflow in avc420_yuv_to_rgb via OOB regionRects

Medium · published March 13, 2026

CVSS v3.1
5.3
EPSS
1%
Percentile
42.3
In the wild
Unconfirmed
What it is

FreeRDP is a free implementation of the Remote Desktop Protocol. Prior to 3.24.0, a client-side heap buffer overflow occurs in the FreeRDP client's AVC420/AVC444 YUV-to-RGB conversion path due to missing horizontal bounds validation of H.264 metablock regionRects coordinates. In yuv.c, the clamp() function (line 347) only validates top/bottom against the surface/YUV height, but never checks left/right against the surface width. When avc420_yuv_to_rgb (line 67) computes destination and source pointers using rect->left, it performs unchecked pointer arithmetic that can reach far beyond the allocated surface buffer. A malicious server sends a WIRE_TO_SURFACE_PDU_1 with AVC420 codec containing a regionRects entry where left greatly exceeds the surface width (e.g., left=60000 on a 128px surface). The H.264 bitstream decodes successfully, then yuv420_process_work_callback calls avc420_yuv_to_rgb which computes pDstPoint = pDstData + rect->top * nDstStep + rect->left * 4, writing 16-byte SSE vectors 1888+ bytes past the allocated heap region. This vulnerability is fixed in 3.24.0.

The record
Technical detail
CVSS v3.1
5.3 · MEDIUM
Vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L
CVSS v4.0
Not supplied
EPSS
0.00505 · 42.3th percentile
Weakness
CWE-787 · Out-of-bounds Write
Published
2026-03-13T17:26Z
EPSS history
Timeline
  • 13 MAR 17:26Z
    FreeRDP has a heap-buffer-overflow in avc420_yuv_to_rgb via OOB regionRects
    cvelistv5